威利．罗素将他在英国演出大受欢迎的舞台剧《教育丽塔》亲自搬上银幕，由刘易斯．吉尔伯特导演，内容堪称八十年代片的《卖花女》。女主角丽塔是一个对日常生活感到厌烦的美发师，她决定要增加自己在文学上的知识。在命运的安排下，她成了弗兰克教授的学生。他是一个从幻想中清醒过来的酒鬼，与丽塔彼此从对方身上学到了生活的真谛。编导以轻松有趣的手法来处理男女主角之间别致的人际关系，迈克尔．凯恩与茱莉．沃尔特斯也演出精彩，双获英国影艺学院及金球奖的最佳男女主角奖。In London, the twenty-seven year-old hairdresser Rita decides to complete her basic education before having children as desired by her husband Denny. She joins the literature course in an open university and has tutorial with the middle-aged Dr. Frank Bryant that is an alcoholic and deluded professor from the upper-class without self-esteem. Frank lives with the also Professor Julia and they have a loveless relationship; Julia has a love affair with the dean Brian. The amusing Rita gives motivation to Frank to prepare her for the exams to join the university while she leaves Denny and moves to the house of the waitress Trish, who loves Gustav Mahler and is a cult woman. Will she succeed in the exams?
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