Rita the American Girl (1965) [N/A]

Release Date:
December 2, 1965

Original Title:
Rita, la figlia americana

Alternate Titles:
Rita – Amerikkalainen tyttö

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
CMV Produzione Cinematografica

Production Countries:
Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
HU: 12 

Runtime: 91

Professor Serafino Benvenuti is a master of classical music who has the passion of the orchestra director. However, the young audience of the 60 does not appreciate classical composers like Mozart or Beethoven, and so Serafino is likely to have compromised his image as a director. One day Serafino receives the news that his adopted daughter Rita is about to return to Italy from America, where she is studying. Serafino is very happy, because at least he can teach her the real music. However, Rita is deeply grown and changed: she follows the musical patterns of her time: the rock music and blues. Serafino gets very angry, especially when he discovers that his daughter falls in love with a young man, a member of a band called "The Rockets.

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Assistant Editor:
Leda Bellini

Boom Operator:
Angelo Amatulli

Camera Operator:
Vittorio Bernini

Costume Design:
Marinella Giorgi

Director:
Piero Vivarelli

Director of Photography:
Emanuele Di Cola

Editor:
Enzo Micarelli

First Assistant Director:
Mario Castellani
Giancarlo Di Fonzo

Hairstylist:
Maria Miccinilli

Makeup Artist:
Fernanda De Rossi

Producer:
Giancarlo Marchetti
Fabrizio Capucci

Production Design:
Giuseppe Bassan

Production Manager:
Sergio Borelli

Screenplay:
Tito Carpi
Ugo Gregoretti
Ugo Moretti
Bruno Corbucci

Sound:
Giulio Tagliacozzo

Story:
Piero Vivarelli

Unit Manager:
Pietro Santini

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