2024 - 69th Edition

Rita

Paz Vega
Spain
 - 2024
Out of competition
 The historic Piazza of the Locarno Film Festival hosted the world premiere of Paz Vega's directorial debut, a drama that transports us to a working-class neighbourhood in Seville in the Spain of 1984, where the backlash following the passing of the divorce law is still raging, while the euphoria of the Spanish national team's arrival in the quarter-finals of the European Championship is palpable. Seven-year-old Rita (Sofía Allepuz) copes with the summer heat while dreaming of building a house by the sea for her mother, played by the director herself. Paz Vega brings the camera up to the eyes of a little girl who senses a sad reality off the field, the situation her mother suffers in silence. 
Paz Vega

Actress and filmmaker born in Seville in 1976. After starting her career in the sitcom ‘Siete vidas’, she made the leap to the big screen with ‘Sex and Lucía’ (Julio Medem, 2001), which earned her a number of accolades including a Goya award for best new actress, the Ondas award and the Chopard Trophy at the Cannes Festival. She worked with directors such as Pedro Almodóvar, Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, Jean-Pierre Limosin and Vicente Aranda before making the leap to Hollywood in 2006 with James L. Brooks’ ‘Spanglish’ in a role that earned her the award for best new actress from the Phoenix Film Critics Society. Since then,she has worked with directors such as Frank Miller, Danis Tanovic, Michelle Placido and the Taviani brothers, and has shared the screen with film stars like Scarlett Johansson, Andy McDowell, Eva Mendes, Adrien Brody, Colin Farrell, Christopher Lee, Christopher Walken, Antonio Banderas, Morgan Freeman and Nicole Kidman, among many others. ‘Rita’ (2024), which had its world premiere at the Locarno Festival, is her directorial debut.

Screenings

O.V. in Spanish with English subtitles 
Sun. 20, 8:45
Sun. 20, 19:15
Presentation
Q&A
Mon. 21, 22:00
DIRECTOR
Paz Vega
SCREENPLAY
Paz Vega
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Eva Díaz Iglesias
EDITOR
Ana Álvarez-Ossorio
SOUND
Jorge Marín, Daniel de Zayas, Leonor Fernández Juan
MUSIC
Pablo Cervantes
PRODUCTION
Gonzalo Bendala, Marta Velasco
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Áralan Films, Rita La Película
CAST
Sofía Allepuz, Alejandro Escamilla, Paz Vega, Roberto Álamo,Daniel Navarro, Paz de Alarcón, Amada Santos, Margarita Asquerino
RUNNING TIME
94 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2024
COUNTRY
Spain
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