Bored with teaching undergraduates English literature, Frank Bryant morosely reflects through a whisky glass on his failed marriage and his attempt at becoming a poet. His world is turned upside down by the arrival of Rita, a hairdresser who has decided to find herself by taking an Open University course. Excited by her freewheeling and acute observations, and - lets be honest - by Rita herself, Frank also feels a deep sadness as he watches her warm impulsive reactions being replaced by the sort of cold analytical approach he so much loathes in other students and colleagues.

Rita crashes into Dr. Frank Bryants life wanting an education, although she has no idea what it is that shes asking. Her brash sincerity earns the respect of the doctor who has previously resigned himself to a life of empty lectures and booze. Ritas character is a breath of fresh air for Bryant and he begins to care about someone, or something for that matter, for the first time since his wife left him. As each begins to wake up to life in their own way, the story comes to a close as an inspiring tale of self discovery and of the power choice that comes through education.

1983

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2018-02-07 21:16:57

1.85:1

106

2018-02-07 21:16:57