A Handful of Rice

A Handful of Rice

68 mins | Drama | Jan. 8, 1940

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.

A Handful of Rice

68 mins | Drama | Jan. 8, 1940

A Handful of Rice
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.
Producers Svensk Filmindustri
Original title Man och kvinna
Directors Gunnar Skoglund, Pál Fejős
Writers

Cast

Hugo Björne

as Mr. Svensson

Gerda Björne

as Mrs. Svensson

Sol-Britt Agerup

as Majken

Gunnar Höglund

as Svensson, boy

Pó Chai

as The man

Leonard Bucknall Eyre

as Narrator (U.S. version) (voice)

Mé Ying

as The woman