Ritas

Name: Ritas
Director: Oswaldo Santana
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Rita Lee, Roberto de Carvalho, Arnaldo Baptista, Maria Bethânia, Hebe Camargo

8/10

1h23min

2025 Documentary

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A singer reflects on her life, revealing her musical journey and creative transformations through personal storytelling and testimonies.

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Why watch the movie Ritas?

Ritas is such a good and exciting documentary that we could risk saying it is the definitive portrait of Rita Lee, this complex and multifaceted artist who left us in 2023. Directed by Oswaldo Santana, known for his work as an editor, the feature film not only shows archives that rescue Rita's importance and memory, but also surprises the audience with good intimate records of her life and that of her husband -- including some gems, such as the moment when the artist shows her religious altar, which goes from Our Lady to Hebe Camargo. It is an important and necessary record, which not only shows the importance of Rita Lee in Brazilian culture, but also makes us think about the paths of Brazilian music in recent years.

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It is through the process of "personal archaeology"-revealed in the gaps of life-that singer Rita Lee shows what everyone sees, but in a way no one has ever seen before: Rita as poet, composer, instrumentalist, writer, hermit, and muse. Rita's personal life and creative process are unveiled, revealing her musical genius and her ability to metamorphose onstage. Rita herself guides the narrative through interviews from throughout her career and recent testimonials.