Educating Rita (1983)
Sometimes students end up being the best teachers.
Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed, his new girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whisky. What Frank needs is a challenge... and along comes Rita.
- Date of release
- 1983-06-16
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (215)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- Lewis Gilbert
Casting
- Michael Caine — Dr. Frank Bryant
- Julie Walters — Rita Susan White
- Michael Williams — Brian
- Maureen Lipman — Trish
- Jeananne Crowley — Julia
- Malcolm Douglas — Denny
- Godfrey Quigley — Rita's Father
- Dearbhla Molloy — Elaine
- Kim Fortune — Collins
- Pat Daly — Bursar
- Philip Hurd-Wood — Tiger
- Christopher Casson — Professor
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