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Rita is named after a famous American movie star whom her late, former actress grandmother once adored. She lives in one of Manila’s oldest districts with her busy mother and entrepreneurial aunt. Years later, she is still the same girl enamoured with television, now also tending to her aunt’s stall selling pirated DVD movies. Elsewhere, there survives footages of a movie done before the war.
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Cast
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Ness Roque
Young Rita
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Last Supper No. 3
Adriana Agcaoili
Mom
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Dark Tide
2 Good 2 Be True
Raya Martin
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Salvage
Years When I Was a Child Outside
Albert Banzon
Adolfo Alix Jr.
Antônio Vianna
Arleen Cuevas
Ditoy Aguila
Daisy Cariño
Tita
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For the Broken Hearted
Maalaala Mo Kaya
Lawrence S. Ang
Christophe Gougeon
Maila Romero
Grownup Rita
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Padre de Pamilya
Raya Martin Director · Albert Banzon Cinematographer Lawrence S. Ang Editor
First release May 22, 2008 · Produced in France, Philippines · Production Cinematografica, Hubert Bals Fund
Production
Atopic films
Production
Cinematografica
Production
Hubert Bals Fund
Production
France · Philippines
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
Tagalog
Release dates
France · May 22, 2008
Premiere
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
November 8, 2008 · CPH:DOX
Italy
November 22, 2008 · Torino Film Festival
Netherlands
January 28, 2009 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
Philippines
June 12, 2008 · French Film Festival
Singapore
February 9, 2020 · Asian Film Archive
Spain
May 5, 2009 · Barcelona Asian Film Festival
Thailand
September 25, 2008 · Bangkok International Film Festival
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