1983 · comedy-drama · class · education
Educating Rita
Directed by Lewis Gilbert1h 46m1983
Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed, his new girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whisky. What Frank needs is a challenge... and along comes Rita.
Our read: Educating Rita (1983) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy-drama · class · education entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured comedy-drama / class, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
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