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A Handful of Rice

50 %|Jan 8, 1940|Drama

The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of a Thai couple, Pó Chai and Mé Ying, and their lives of joy and hardship in the jungle growing rice.

Featured Crew

Pál Fejős
Director
Gunnar Skoglund
Director
Gunnar Jonason
Original Music Composer
Jules Sylvain
Original Music Composer
Gustaf Boge
Director of Photography
Gunnar Skoglund
Editor

Cast

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Hugo Björne
Mr. Svensson
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Gerda Björne
Mrs. Svensson
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Gunnar Höglund
Svensson, boy
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Pó Chai
The man
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Leonard Bucknall Eyre
Narrator (U.S. version) (voice)
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Mé Ying
The woman