Lovely Rita (2001)

Name: Lovely Rita (2001)
Genre: Drama
Released: March 29, 2024
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Agnes Napieralska, Barbara Osika, Christoph Bauer, Felix Eisier, Gabriele Wurm Bauer

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Film Movement | Release Date (Streaming): March 29, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Agnes Napieralska, Barbara Osika, Christoph Bauer, Felix Eisier, Gabriele Wurm Bauer, Harald Urban, Karina Brandlmayer, Peter Fiala, Rene Wanko, Wolfgang Kostal

Summary: Feeling confined by her well-mannered suburban environment, the pubescent Rita gradually attempts to test and break the expectations made of her. As she skips class to pursue her infatuation for a local bus driver as well as her own desires, her disapproving parents and classmates begin to question the motivation behind her provocations.Feeling confined by her well-mannered suburban environment, the pubescent Rita gradually attempts to test and break the expectations made of her. As she skips class to pursue her infatuation for a local bus driver as well as her own desires, her disapproving parents and classmates begin to question the motivation behind her provocations. However, Rita’s adolescent rebellions occlude a more sinister intention.… Expand

Director: Jessica Hausner

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 79 min

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Mar 15, 2024

Shot on digital video with a non-professional cast, Lovely Rita intelligently conveys the stifling nature of Rita's home and educational environments, and benefits from refusing to spell out character motivations. Newcomer Osika's subtle and often wordless central performance, meanwhile, seals the film's success. Read full review

Derek Elley

Mar 15, 2024

A deliciously observed, ironic take on middle-class Austrian life through an introverted teen's eyes, "Lovely Rita" reps a strong step up to the feature plate by 28-year-old Jessica Hausner after a couple of well-remarked shorts. Read full review

The Independent Staff (Not Credited)

Mar 15, 2024

This black comedy about the travails of the teenage Rita (a marvellously taciturn Barbara Osika) captures beautifully the awkward ugliness of adolescence before a brutal final punch. [11 Aug 2001, p.8]

Geoff Andrew

Mar 15, 2024

Osika is perfect as Rita, half-child, half-woman, but then Hausner's cool, compassionate, naturalistic script, reminiscent of early Fassbinder, gives her plenty to play with. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

Mar 15, 2024

As with a number of arthouse films, the ending leaves something to be desired. But, courtesy of its meticulously mundane digital imagery, this is a film of precise details that sketches an outline of existence and then leaves it to the audience to draw their own conclusions. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Mar 15, 2024

This is a film of piercingly perceptive moments, even if, as some say of Haneke's own work, it is cold to the core. [28 Dec 2001]

Danny Graydon

Mar 15, 2024

While not the most exhilarating 80 minutes, this is a movie that will find much identification with anyone whose teenage years were remotely angst ridden, with Hausner capturing the simmering tensions of suburban life with assured ease. Read full review

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