

Lovely Rita(4K Restoration)
- Jessica HAUSNER
- Austria , Germany
- DCP
- 2001
- Color
- 78min










Nominees and Awards
- ★ 2002 International Film Festival Rotterdam
- ★ 2001 Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Award
- ★ 2001 Toronto International Film Festival
Synopsis
Rita, a wilful and unruly teenager, is on the verge of womanhood. Her sexual awakening leads her to intimacy with a schoolboy, too young, and a bus driver, too old. Rita’s efforts to break out of her solitude and claustrophobic environment isolate her even more, until one day she crosses the line.
Team

Director
Jessica HAUSNER
Jessica HAUSNER was born in Vienna, Austria in 1972. She studied directing at the Film Academy of Vienna, where she made the award-winning short films Flora (1996) and Inter-View (1999). In 2001, her debut feature , Lovely Rita, premiered at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard. She returned to Un Certain Regard with her second feature, Hotel in 2004. In 2009, Lourdes won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Amour Fou was her third film to be presented in Un Certain Regard, premiering in 2014. Little Joe is her fifth feature and her English-language debut.