Title | : | Educating Rita |
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Release | : | 1983 |
Rating | : | 7.2 |
Language | : | Filipino, Tagalog, English |
Runtime | : | 110 |
Genre | : | Comedy,Drama |
In London, twenty-seven year-old hairdresser Rita decides to complete her basic education before having children as desired by her husband Denny. She joins a literature course in an open university and is tutored by the middle-aged Dr. Frank Bryant, an alcoholic and debauched professor from the upper-class who's life has left him emotionally drained, without self-esteem. Frank lives with Julia, who's also a professor, and have a loveless marriage; Julia has a love affair with the dean Brian. Rivals humour and determination to improve herself is contagious; she gives motivation to Frank who helps prepare her for the exams to join university, and be able to leave Denny Will she succeed in the exams?
Willy Russell (screenplay)