Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés

Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés
Directed by	Stéphane Clavier
Written by	Christian Clavier Louis Paraz
Produced by	Christian Clavier Alain Doutey
Starring	Christian Clavier Eddy Mitchell Arielle Dombasle Julie Gayet
Cinematography	Yves Cape
Edited by	Henri Revelou
Music by	Michel Hardy François Castello
Production company	Gaumont
Distributed by	Gaumont Buena Vista International
Release date	29 September 2003 (2003-09-29)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés is a French film directed by Stéphane Clavier in 2003. The film stars his brother, Christian Clavier.

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
• Steve Tran : Danny
• Mhamed Arezki : City boy

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.

External links

• Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés at IMDb