Rita

Local title
Rita
Director
Paz Vega
Country
Spain
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Best of Festivals
Genre
drama
Subject
children, sport, child-parent relationships

Life of working-class siblings Rita and Lolo during the European football championships.

Seville, summer of 1984. Rita and Lolo are brother and sister, seven and five years old, and live at the heart of a humble working-class family. Rita dreams of going to the beach, but at home, her father's word is law, always. For the first time, Rita starts to question why things are like this. She also starts to realize that her home is becoming less and less safe, especially for her mother.

Legendary Spanish actress Paz Vega (“Sex and Lucía”) lends a powerful performance as Rita’s mother, and also emerges as a director to watch through her delicate and poignant portrayal of the young girl’s interiority. Rita is a deeply personal and moving exploration of domestic violence as experienced through the eyes of a child.

The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival.

Director
Paz Vega
Screenwriter
Paz Vega
Cast
Paz Vega, Roberto Álamo, Sofía Allepuz, Alejandro Escamilla
Producer
Marta Velasco, Gonzalo Bendala
Cinematographer
Eva Díaz Iglesias
Music
Pablo Cervantes
Runtime
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
English
Director
Paz Vega

Screenings

Saal Kino Sõprus
Screening023103 / Rita
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2nd Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening040201 / Rita
SubtitlesEnglish
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4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening111402 / Rita
SubtitlesEnglish
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