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.
Pál Fejős
Director
Gunnar Skoglund
Director
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
The Nest60%
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl72%
Farming62%
Holy Lands61%
La joven69%
Skin64%
Bastard Out of Carolina71%
Charm City Kings78%
Here64%
Mexicali77%
Herself67%
Most72%
Lorelei59%
What Maisie Knew71%
Kisses71%
167%
The Kindness of Strangers63%
Sergio65%
Cardboard Boxer63%
Hardball65%
