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Lovely Rita (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
76 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
Austria ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jessica Hausner

Written By:
Jessica Hausner

Actors:
Barbara Osika ..... Rita
Christoph Bauer ..... Fexi
Peter Fiala ..... Bus driver
Wolfgang Kostal ..... Rita's father
Karina Brandlmayer ..... Rita's mother
Gabriele Wurm Bauer ..... Fexi's mother
Harald Urban ..... Fexi's father
Felix Eisier ..... Fexi's brother
Agnes Napieralska ..... Rita's sister
Rene Wanko ..... Rita's brother-in-law
Marcia Knoppel ..... Rita's niece
Ursula Pucher ..... Teacher
Lili Schageri ..... Alex
Frau Urban ..... Alex's mother
Bettina Grossinger ..... Colleague

Synopsis:

Rita (Barbara Osika) is a teenager growing up in a small town in Austria, where she doesn't seem to fit in -- and, by all appearances, doesn't want to. Rita doesn't care for her schoolmates, has a knack for getting into trouble, skips class as often as she can get away with it, and her mother (Karina Brandlmayer) and father (Wolfgang Kostal) have just about given up on trying to get her to change her ways. One of Rita's few friends is Fexi (Christoph Bauer), a schoolboy several years her junior who likes to sneak out to the woods with her for cigarettes and conversation. Despite her lack of lack of enthusiasm for most of the boys at her school, Rita has developed an intense curiosity about sex, and she tries to persuade Fexi to help her lose her virginity, but he's too young to take her up on the offer. Rita instead offers herself to a bus driver (Peter Fiala), though his indifferent lovemaking leaves her no more content with life than she was before, and Rita decides to run away from home, taking Fexi with her.

A small-town misfit struggles against the world around her in this comedy-drama from Austria. Rita (Barbara Osika) is a teenager growing up in a small town in Austria, where she doesn't seem to fit in -- and, by all appearances, doesn't want to. Rita doesn't care for her schoolmates, has a knack for getting into trouble, skips class as often as she can get away with it, and her mother (Karina Brandlmayer) and father (Wolfgang Kostal) have just about given up on trying to get her to change her ways. One of Rita's few friends is Fexi (Christoph Bauer), a schoolboy several years her junior who likes to sneak out to the woods with her for cigarettes and conversation. Despite her lack of lack of enthusiasm for most of the boys at her school, Rita has developed an intense curiosity about sex, and she tries to persuade Fexi to help her lose her virginity, but he's too young to take her up on the offer. Rita instead offers herself to a bus driver (Peter Fiala), though his indifferent lovemaking leaves her no more content with life than she was before, and Rita decides to run away from home, taking Fexi with her -- a decision that proves to have dire consequences. Lovely Rita was the first feature film from writer and director Jessica Hausner; it was screened as part of the Un Certain Regard series at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

In this directorial debut from Jessica Hausner (Lourdes) she presents the story of Rita, a willful and unruly teenager on the verge if womanhood. Her sexual awakening leads her to intimacy with a schoolboy, to young, and a bus driver, too old. Rita's efforts to break out of her solitude and claustrophobix enviroment isolate her even more, until one day she crosses the line

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 August, 2010.

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