Lovely Rita

Lovely Rita
Director
Jessica Hausner
Country
Germany, Austria
Year
2001
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Jessica Hausner
Cast
Christoph Bauer / Karina Brandlmayr / Peter Fiala / Wolfgang Kostal / Barbara Osika
Production
Essential Film Produktion

Storyline

Rita is an unruly outsider: her classmates laugh at her behavior, her teachers find her rude, and her parents lock her in to make her obey. On the verge of becoming a woman, her clumsy sexual awakening leads her to intimacy with a schoolboy, too young, and a bus driver, too old. Her efforts to break out of her solitude isolate her even more, until one day Rita steps across the border.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Festival de Cannes 2001
Un Certain Regard
Festival Internacional de Cinema d'Autor de Barcelona (D'A) 2020
Retrospective Jessica Hausner

Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2002
Call number 21/2001

Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2003
Call number 88/2002

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2003
Call number 20/2003

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2005
Call number 02/2005

Distribution territories:
Denmark / Germany / Italy / Netherlands / Norway / United Kingdom / Sweden / France