Educating Rita (film)

  • Julie Walters: Susan, called Rita
  • Michael Caine: Dr. Frank Bryant
  • Maureen Lipman: Trish

Rita wants to know finally, in the original: Educating Rita, is a British film directed by Lewis Gilbert from 1983 based on the play Educating Rita by Willy Russell.

Action

Susan White, a married hairdresser of 26 years, decides their incomplete education, to strive for a final exam, despite (or because of). To this end, they took courses at the " Open University ", where it meets the disillusioned, drinking literature teacher Frank Bryant. The arrival of Rita ( as Susan is now called ) is the world upside down. Inspired by their fresh, confident way, he feels their society as a stimulating and liberating. As the development of Rita making progress, Frank love even in it.

However, the price is for their education that they give up a piece of her warm impulsive action that needs watching Frank with regret. More and more are drifting apart the two and Frank noted that Rita now formed and is no longer dependent on him, but also a piece of itself has lost.

In the end, it is the dreaded exam, and has won next to their newly acquired wealth of knowledge on quality of life and new social bonds, but the price will be the forfeiting of their impulsivity and their former social environment.

Criticism

" The fast-paced and brilliantly played theater adaptation varies the " Pygmalion "motif in a rather original way, while admittedly not too explores in depth and rather belittles, the cut conflicts. "

Others

In the theater presentation of the play takes place only in Frank's office and Rita and Frank are the only performer. The movie version, however, was significantly expanded.

Literature (selection )

From the stage the text, there are different issues at several publishers.

  • Willy Russell: Educating Rita, reclam - ISBN 3-15-009040-7 (English version of the play )
  • Willy Russell: Educating Rita ( with materials ), Pearson Longman - ISBN 0-582-43445-9 (English)
  • Interpretation Guide English. Willy Russell: Educating Rita, Stark - ISBN 3-89449-475-1
  • Willy Russell: Educating Rita (with additional material, edited and annotated by Albert Reiner Glaap ) Diesterweg - ISBN 3-425-04099-5 (English)

Awards

For the film version received awards:

1983 in film Screenplay Film score Reach for the Sky Sink the Bismarck! H.M.S. Defiant The 7th Dawn The Spy Who Loved Me (film) Stepping Out (1991 film)
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