Rita the American Girl (1965)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

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Serafino Benvenuti

Rita Pavone

Rita D'Angelo

Fabrizio Capucci

Fabrizio Carli

Lina Volonghi

Greta Wagner

Umberto D'Orsi

Orazio

Nino Fuscagni

giovane al concerto

Nino Nini

ufficiale giudiziario

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