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Educating Rita

Story of a young working-class wife who wants to better herself, and the boozy professor who becomes her tutor.

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  • "Rita will es endlich wissen"

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  • "Story of a young working-class wife who wants to better herself, and the boozy professor who becomes her tutor."@en
  • "A young woman on the path to self-discovery enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university. She is assigned to a disillusioned English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life."
  • "A young woman on the path to self-discovery enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university. She is assigned to a disillusioned English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life."@en
  • "Rita (Walters) is married to Denny, is 26 and doesn't want a baby. She joins an Open University literature course with a disillusioned drunken don, Dr Frank Bryant (Caine). Rita's down-to-earth frankness takes him aback when he realises she wants to learn everything. As Rita mixes with full-time students, reads books and watches plays, Denny begins to feel neglected and leaves her for another girl; Frank's drinking, meanwhile, gets worse and he is soon sent to Australia for a two-year sabbatical. Rita begins to realise that without Frank, her "education" seems unimportant."
  • "Rita desperately hungers for an education. To escape her dreary life as a hairdresser and confining existence at home, she enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university. Despite her husband's resentment, Rita learns and grows."@en
  • "Rita, a young working-class woman in Liverpool, desperately wants an education. She enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university to escape from her dreary life as a hairdresser, as well as a confining existence at home with a husband who wants her to choose motherhood over education. Her professor is Frank Bryant, a disillusioned, alcoholic English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life. As Rita is transformed into a free spirit, Frank is forced to confront his own life."
  • "The tale of a boozily burnt-out professor and his newest student - a free-spirited hairdresser who thinks that Macbeth is the guy who runs the local pub."@en
  • "Rita, a young working-class woman in Liverpool, desperately wants an education. She enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university to escape from her dreary life as a hairdresser, as well as a confining existence at home with a husband who wants her to choose motherhood over education. Her professor is Frank Bryant, a disillusioned, alcoholic English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life. As Rita is transformed into a free spirit, Frank is forced to confront his own life."@en
  • "Feature film from the UK. Drama. A married hairdresser, determined to get herself an education, selects an alcoholic literature professor as her mentor."
  • "Rita (Walters) is married to Denny, is 26 and doesn't want a baby. She joins an Open University literature course with a disillusioned drunken don, Dr Frank Bryant (Caine). Rita's down-to-earth frankness takes him aback when he realises she wants to learn everything. As Rita mixes with full-time students, reads books and watches plays, Denny begins to feel neglected and leaves her for another girl; Frank's drinking, meanwhile, gets worse and he is soon sent to Australia for a two-year sabbatical. Rita begins to realise that without Frank, her "education" seems unimportant..."
  • "Rita is a working-class woman seeking the path to self-discovery. Bored with her life as a hairdresser and under pressure from her husband to start a family, she enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university determined to better herself. Frank Bryant is the disillusioned English professor who is assigned to teach her. While Frank watches Rita embark on a radical transformation, his own life takes on a different kind of transformation as he finds himself falling in love with Rita while sinking into the depths of his alcoholism."@en
  • "A highly unusual teacher/student relationship is developed in this comedy about a woman on the path to self-discovery."
  • "Rita (Walters) is married to Denny, is 26 and doesn't want a baby. She joins an Open University literature course with a disillusioned drunken don, Dr Frank Bryant (Caine). Rita's down-to-earth frankness takes him aback when he realises she wants to learn everything. As Rita mixes with full-time students, reads books and watches plays, Denny begins to feel neglected and leaves her for another girl; Frank's drinking, meanwhile, gets worse and he is soon sent to Australia for a two-year sabbatical. Rita begins to realise that without Frank, her "education" seems unimportant ..."
  • "Hilarious and often moving story, revolving around a girl's search for the education she never had."
  • "Drama which revolves around a young woman's search for the education she never had."
  • "A Pygmalion tale. A cheerful young hairdresser improves her knowledge of English literature by enrolling on an Open University course. [c.f. Halliwell's]."@en
  • "Rita, a young working-class woman, desperately wants an education. She enrolls in literature tutorials at a British University to escape from her dreary life as a hairdresser as well as a confining existence at home. Her professor is Frank Bryant, a disillusioned English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life. As Rita is transformed into a free spirit, Frank is forced to confront his own life."
  • "Rita, a young working-class woman, desperately wants an education. She enrolls in literature tutorials at a British University to escape from her dreary life as a hairdresser as well as a confining existence at home. Her professor is Frank Bryant, a disillusioned English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life. As Rita is transformed into a free spirit, Frank is forced to confront his own life."@en
  • "This story is about two people who, through each other, find a new lease of life."@en
  • "Rita wants to discover herself and Dr Frank Bryant needs a challenge to get him out of his alcoholic rut. When she enrolls in the Open University where Frank is a teacher, the two of them manage to find a new lease of life through one another."@en
  • "Frank is a professor, cynical and hooked on whisky. Rita is a hairdresser and a bit "green". She has a desperate thirst for knowledge and chooses Frank of all people to expose her to culture."@en
  • "Rita desperately hungers for an education. To escape her dreary life as a hairdresser and confining existence at home, she enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university. Much to her bemusement, she is assigned to Frank Bryant, a disillusioned English professor. Through each other, they both find a new lease on life."
  • "Rita a working class wife wants to better herself and joins an Open University course on literature with a disillusioned drunken Don, Frank Bryant."@en
  • "Rita joins an Open University course on literature with a disillusioned drunken Don, Frank Bryant."
  • "Rita is a 26-year-old married hairdresser with ideas. Her husband Denny has only one idea: to get her pregnant. One afternoon she turns up at Frank Bryant's Open University literature class demanding to be "educated", and embarks on a journey."
  • "Rita is a 26-year-old married hairdresser with ideas. Her husband Denny has only one idea: to get her pregnant. One afternoon she turns up at Frank Bryant's Open University literature class demanding to be "educated", and embarks on a journey."@en
  • "Rita, eine junge Frau aus dem Arbeitermilieu, will ihr Leben verändern. Sie besucht die Universität, wo sie von einem desillusionierten, etwas heruntergekommenen Professor an die Bildungsgüter der Literatur herangeführt wird. Nach vielen Turbulenzen haben beide eine Menge hinzugelernt. Die temporeiche und brillant gespielte Theaterverfilmung variiert das "Pygmalion"-Motiv auf recht originelle Weise, wobei sie freilich nicht allzusehr in die Tiefe lotet und die angeschnittenen Konflikte eher verharmlost. (www.filmevona-z.de, 1.12.2009)."
  • ""Rita (Walters) desperately hungers for an education. To escape her dreary life as a hairdresser and confining existence at home, she enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university. Much to her bemusement, she is assigned to Frank Bryant (Caine), a disillusioned English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life. Despite her husband's resentment, Rita learns and grows."--Container."@en
  • "An unusual friendship develops between a hairdresser hungering for an education and an English professor gone to seed."@en

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  • "Feature films"
  • "Comedy films"@en

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