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Rich Girl (1991)

Rich Girl poster
Directed by
Joel Bender
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
9.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy young woman from Bel-Air feels stifled by her family's money and expectations. She decides to prove she can make it on her own by taking a job as a waitress at a nightclub. There she meets and falls for one of the club's rock musicians.

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What happens

Rich Girl is a 1991 American romantic drama film directed by Joel Bender and written from the screenplay of Robert Elliot. The film stars Jill Schoelen in the title role, along with Cherie Currie and Paul Gleason in the supporting cast. The film centers around a wealthy girl from Bel-Air, who is tired of living off her wealthy family's name and decides to prove her independence from her overbearing father and obnoxious ex-fiancé by making her way in life by becoming a waitress at a nightclub and ends up falling in love with one of the club's rock musicians. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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