

Rita the American Girl
1965, Italian. Directed by Piero Vivarelli.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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- Released
- 2 December 1965
- Original title
- Rita, la figlia americana
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Piero Vivarelli, Tito Carpi, Ugo Gregoretti
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Rita the American Girl runs 91 minutes (1h 31m).
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Rita the American Girl isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 December 1965. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like Rita the American Girl?
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Who directed Rita the American Girl?
Rita the American Girl (1965) was directed by Piero Vivarelli and stars Totò, Rita Pavone, Fabrizio Capucci.