“Rita”, interview with director Paz Vega

After years and years thinking about directing, Spanish actress Paz Vega has finally made her dream come true. "Rita", her directorial debut, is indeed premiering in Spanish cinemas and landing in Alice nella Città, Rome, for its italian premiere. Set in the summer of 1984, the film focuses on a 7 years old girl, Rita and her look on her family, her parents’ violent relationship, people surrounding her. Vega’s idea from the beginning was to tackle domestic violence but her angle has always been to focus on it from the children’s point of view. “I decided to focus on the children to show how this violence affect them” she tells us. In her director’s notes, the actress turned director declares that this film is her personal love letter to the bravery of innocence. After traveling with this film, from the world premiere in Locarno to Rome, Paz Vega is particularly happy that, by screening Rita at Alice, she will directly be in touch with an audience made of young adults, the most important recipients of this film.