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Rita

2012–2020 · 5 seasons

A warm, wry character study that follows an unruly teacher's messy personal life with humor and tenderness.

Created by: Christian Torpe
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Mille Dinesen, Carsten Bjørnlund, Lise Baastrup

Overview: Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.

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Created by: Christian Torpe
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Mille Dinesen, Carsten Bjørnlund, Lise Baastrup

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
parenthood
work
friendship
Places: school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama, comedy
Created by: Christian Torpe
Written by: Stefan Jaworski, Ina Bruhn, Marie Østerbye, Christian Torpe
Starring: Mille Dinesen, Carsten Bjørnlund, Lise Baastrup, Morten Vang Simonsen, Sara Hjort Ditlevsen, Nikolaj Groth, Ellen Hillingsø, Lykke Sand Michelsen
Music: Fridolin Nordsø, Kristian Leth
Length: 5 seasons, 40 episodes, 38 min each
Network: TV 2
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish

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