Walter insieme alla fidanzata Francesca ruba una collana. Per nasconderla, Francesca la tiene a sé e si infiltra tra le mondine in partenza su un treno. Silvana, una delle mondine, la nota e la sera seguente gliela ruba, immischiandosi in una faccenda spinosa.
Vittorio Gassman első fontosabb filmszerepe Walter, a kisstílű szélhámos, aki két nő között őrlődik, miközben elvakultan rohan saját végzete felé.
The film begins at the start of the rice-planting season in northern Italy. In an effort to escape the law, two small-time thieves, Francesca (Doris Dowling) and Walter (Vittorio Gassman), hide amongst the crowds of female workers heading to the rice paddies in the Province of Vercelli in the upper reaches of Piedmont in the Po Valley. While attempting to board the train for the fields, the pair runs into Silvana (Silvana Mangano), a peasant rice worker. Francesca boards the train with Silvana, who introduces her to the planters' way of life. Francesca does not have a work permit, and struggles with the other "illegals" to find a place on the rice fields. After initial resistance from documented workers and bosses, the illegals are allowed a place in the fields. At work in the fields, Silvana and Francesca meet a soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco (Raf Vallone), who unsuccessfully tries to attract Silvana's interest.
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