A Handful of Rice ( 1940 )

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Hugo Björne

Mr. Svensson

Gerda Björne

Mrs. Svensson

Sol-Britt Agerup

Majken

Gunnar Höglund

Svensson, boy

Jean Claesson

Pó Chai

The man

Leonard Bucknall Eyre

Narrator (U.S. version) (voice)

Mé Ying

The woman