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Rita Ritter

1984 · 93 min

A wry, offbeat character study that blurs identity and desire with dry humour and melancholy.

Overview
A writer tries unsuccessfully to sell his screenplays and plays. He marries a television editor, but she only wants to fuck him and thinks nothing of his work. He then remembers his old Parisian lover Rita, calls himself Rita from then on and becomes her wife. When a French director stages a play of his, he meets Rita again in Paris and the two women become a happy couple.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • art
  • love
  • sexuality
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Herbert Achternbusch
Written by
Herbert Achternbusch
Starring
Annamirl Bierbichler, Christiane Cohendy, Barbara Valentin, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Eva Mattes, Josef Bierbichler, Herbert Achternbusch, Tchéky Karyo
Music
Tom Waits
Cinematography
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Runtime
93 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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