Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés

Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés is a French film directed by Stéphane Clavier in 2003.

Synopsis

Accounts expert, Edgar Lamark, is auditing the naval base of Thierry Ferrand on the Côte d'Azur. He's offered a prostitute recruited from a special website but has to get rid of the body of her previous client.

Technical details

• Title : Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés
• Director: Stéphane Clavier
• Writer : Inspired by the crime novel by Benjamin Legrand (Série noire)
• Producers: Christian Clavier and Alain Doutey
• Country of origin : France
• Length : 80 minutes
• Release: 24 (France)

Starring

• Christian Clavier : Edgar Lamarck
• Julie Gayet : Rita
• Eddy Mitchell : Thierry Ferrand
• Arielle Dombasle : Mlle Lecas
• Pierre Mondy : Marcel
• Marthe Villalonga : Renée
• Jean-Claude Dreyfus : The antique dealer
• Arnaud Giovaninetti : Kevin
• Yan Dron : Franck
• Christian Gazio : José

About the film

• The idea for the film was raised by Christian Clavier after having read the crime novel Lovely Rita by Benjamin Legrand
• Reviews were very poor, and the film was a commercial failure.
• The director Stéphane Clavier is the brother of the actor and writer Christian Clavier and the nephew of producer Yves Rousset-Rouard.
• The title of the film is a reference to Rita of Cascia, who is actually the saint of desperate cases.

See also

• IMDb page