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Rita the American Girl (1965) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language
1965 · 91 mins · Italian
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Directed by
Piero Vivarelli
Starring
Lina Volonghi, Nino Fuscagni, Fabrizio Capucci, Totò, Umberto D'Orsi, Rita Pavone

Serafino Benvenuti, a classical orchestra director, struggles as 1960s audiences ignore Mozart and Beethoven. He celebrates when his adopted daughter Rita returns from America, hoping to teach her ‘real’ music. Instead, Rita is drawn to rock and blues and falls for a member of the band The Rockets, enraging Serafino.

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