Feature film / Philippines / France / 4h40 / Betacam Numérique / 16.9 / couleur / color / noir & blanc / black & white / stéréo / Directors' Fortnight 2008
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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Production : Cinematografica Independiente en Filipinas 353 V. G. Cruz St., Sampaloc 1008 Manille Philippines Tél : +63 2 749 7425 arleencuevas@gmail.com Atopic / Third Home (France) FID Marseille (France) Distribution : Shellac 40, rue de Paradis 75010 Paris France Tél : +33 (0)1 42 55 07 84 Fax : +33 (0)1 55 79 01 00 shellac@altern.org www.shellac-altern.org Presse / Publicist : Chloé Lorenzi Makna Presse 177, rue du Temple 75003 Paris France Mob: +33 (0)6 08 16 60 26 info@makna-press.com
