Educating Rita (1983)

Directed by

Lewis Gilbert

Genre

drama film, comedy film, comedy drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 207 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A working class woman named Rita signs up for an Open University course in literature. She develops a friendship with her cynical and alcoholic tutor Frank, as she discovers a love for learning and slowly transforms her life.

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What happens

Educating Rita is a 1983 British comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Willy Russell based on his 1980 stage play. The film stars Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams and Maureen Lipman. It won multiple major awards for best actor and best actress and was nominated for three Academy Awards. Caine and Walters both won BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for best actor and actress. The British Film Institute ranked Educating Rita the 84th greatest British film of the 20th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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