UK,
1983, 110 min
Directed by:
Lewis GilbertScreenplay:
Willy RussellCinematography:
Frank WattsCast:
Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Maureen Lipman, Des Nealon, Alan Stanford, Michael Williams, Godfrey Quigley, Kim Fortune, Dearbhla Molloy, Gabrielle Reidy (more)Plots(1)
Walters is Rita, a working-class woman seeking the path to self-discovery. Bored with her life as a hairdresser, and under pressure from her husband to start a family, she enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university determined to better herself. Caine is Frank Bryant, the disillusioned English professor who is assigned to teach her. While Frank watches Rita embark on a radical transformation, his own life takes on a different kind of transformation as he finds himself falling in love with Rita while sinking into the depths of his alcoholism. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1984 - Michael Caine (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 1984 - Julie Walters (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
- 1984 - Willy Russell (Best Adapted Screenplay)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1984 - Best Film
- 1984 - Michael Caine (Best Leading Actor)
- 1984 - Julie Walters (Best Leading Actress)
- 1984 - Maureen Lipman (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1984 - Willy Russell (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 1984 - Julie Walters (Most Promising Newcomer to Film)
Golden Globes
- 1984 - Michael Caine (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
- 1984 - Julie Walters (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
- 1984 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
- 1984 - Willy Russell (Best Screenplay)