Rita the American Girl (1965)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Piero Vivarelli
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    Serafino Benvenuti Totò
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    Rita D'Angelo Rita Pavone
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    Fabrizio Carli Fabrizio Capucci
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    Orazio Umberto D'Orsi
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    giovane al concerto Nino Fuscagni

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