Austria/Germany
LOVELY RITA
78 MIN
2001
Rita, a wilful and unruly teenager, is on the verge of womanhood. Her sexual awakening leads her to intimacy with a schoolboy, too young, and a bus driver, too old. Rita’s efforts to break out of her solitude and claustrophobic environment isolate her even more, until one day she crosses the line.
Cast & Crew
Producers: Philippe Bober, Heinz Stussak, Antonin Svoboda
Director: Jessica Hausner
Script:Jessica Hausner
Director of Photography: Martin Gschlacht
Production Design: Katharina Wöppermann
Music: Domenico Capuano
Sound: Thomas Schmidt-Gentner
Editing: Karin Hartusch
Cast:Barbara Osika, Christoph Bauer, Peter Fiala, Wolfgang Kostal
Production: Coop 99, Essential Films
Awards
Grand Prix, FIPRESCI Award – Special Mention, Viennale, 2001
Cast & Crew
Producers: Philippe Bober, Heinz Stussak, Antonin Svoboda
Director: Jessica Hausner
Script:Jessica Hausner
Director of Photography: Martin Gschlacht
Production Design: Katharina Wöppermann
Music: Domenico Capuano
Sound: Thomas Schmidt-Gentner
Editing: Karin Hartusch
Cast:Barbara Osika, Christoph Bauer, Peter Fiala, Wolfgang Kostal
Production: Coop 99, Essential Films
Awards
Grand Prix, FIPRESCI Award – Special Mention, Viennale, 2001
Jessica Hausner
Born in Vienna, Jessica Hausner studied directing at the Film Academy of Vienna where she made her first short films, Flora (1996) and Inter-View (1999), both awarded. She then directed two feature films, Lovely Rita (2001) and Hotel (2004), that premiered at the Festival de Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section. In 2009, Lourdes was selected at the Venice FF where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize, followed by other prizes, such as the European Film Award for Best Actress for Sylvie Testud. She came back in the Un Certain Regard Competition with Amour Fou in 2014. Her fifth feature film and the first in English, Little Joe, was selected in Competition at the Festival de Cannes 2019 where Emily Beecham received the Best Actress Award. Great Festival success, the film sold in more than 20 countries worldwide.
Filmography
Geburtstag (short, 1992), Anne (short, 1992), Herr Mares (short, 1992), Ich möchte sein manchmal ein Schmetterling (short, 1993), Flora (short, 1995), Inter-view (short, 1999), Lovely Rita (2001), Hotel (2004), Toast (short, 2006), Lourdes (2009), Amour fou (2014), Little Joe (2019), Club Zero (2023)
Born in Vienna, Jessica Hausner studied directing at the Film Academy of Vienna where she made her first short films, Flora (1996) and Inter-View (1999), both awarded. She then directed two feature films, Lovely Rita (2001) and Hotel (2004), that premiered at the Festival de Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section. In 2009, Lourdes was selected at the Venice FF where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize, followed by other prizes, such as the European Film Award for Best Actress for Sylvie Testud. She came back in the Un Certain Regard Competition with Amour Fou in 2014. Her fifth feature film and the first in English, Little Joe, was selected in Competition at the Festival de Cannes 2019 where Emily Beecham received the Best Actress Award. Great Festival success, the film sold in more than 20 countries worldwide.
Filmography
Geburtstag (short, 1992), Anne (short, 1992), Herr Mares (short, 1992), Ich möchte sein manchmal ein Schmetterling (short, 1993), Flora (short, 1995), Inter-view (short, 1999), Lovely Rita (2001), Hotel (2004), Toast (short, 2006), Lourdes (2009), Amour fou (2014), Little Joe (2019), Club Zero (2023)
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