Movie

Rita

2024 · 107 min

A haunting, slow-burning descent into institutional horror, blending grim social reality with eerie fantasy to unsettling effect.

Tagline: Put on your wings.
Overview: Rita, a 13 year old girl, runs away from her abusive father to the big city. She finds solace until she's placed in a safe house run by the State. Rita and her cellmates plot an escape that ends in a shocking act of violence.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Survival, isolation, trauma, rebellion
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
trauma
rebellion
justice
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none