Rita
Spain | 2024 | 94 min
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Suitable for audiences aged 7 and above
Director(s): Paz Vega
Script: Paz Vega
Cast: Sofía Apelluz, Alejandro Escamilla, Paz Vega, Roberto Álamo, Paz De Alarcón, Amada Santos, Daniel Navarro
Production: Áralan Films, Rita la película
Distribution: Filmax
Drama
Female Director Society Sports Without Sports Debut History Family
Screenings:
The short temper of their father, José Manuel, looms over the quotidian of Rita’s working-class family. Tension escalates even further when Rita’s grandmother falls and is hospitalized. Actress Paz Vega’s writer-directorial debut portrays daily life in the Sevillian summer heat, superimposing the worlds of grown-ups and children.
Adult concerns – money trouble, gendered expectations and violence – are all seen through the eyes of children. At times, what is important to grown-ups happens out of frame, where children cannot see.
Nadiye Koçak
