Rita Rusić

Production

Rita Rusić

Born

1960-05-16 (66)

Place of birth

Poreč, Croatia

Known for

Production

Credits

48 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 5 titles

Attila Scourge of God poster
6.0

The misadventures of Attila and his band of barbarians as they take up arms against the Roman Empire in their native Milano

Attila Scourge of God

1982

Joan Lui poster
5.3

In a world ravaged by violence, and other serious social problems, Joan - a character that alludes to Christ (which represents the return to Earth) arrives to Italy by train and preaching for the salvation of mankind, condemning the hypocrisy and hedonism.

Joan Lui

1985

Grand Hotel Excelsior poster
6.1

Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since then many odd persons frequent the hotel. There is Ilde Vivaldi, in love with Taddeus and the boxer Pericle Coccia who has an important match and falls in love with Maria. There is the Mago di Segrate trying to win world fame by levitating thirty meters high. And there is the waiter Egisto whose daughter is in a Swiss College believing her father is a man of importance.

Grand Hotel Excelsior

1982

The Third Solution poster
4.7

The Roman Catholic Pope is planning a reconciliatory meeting with the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, an event awaited for many generations. But suddenly, right while the Pope is addressing the crowds gathered in the Piazza Navone, a nun is assassinated by a Ukrainian, placing the upcoming talks between the two leaders in jeopardy. And the head of the American diplomatic corps (the nun was an American) assigns the investigation of the killing to one of his underlings, which leads the young man to investigate the Russicum, a center for the study of Russia within the Vatican city. And from there he finds himself caught up in an intrigue of international proportions, filled with agents and double agents, and ending with a revelation most unexpected.

The Third Solution

1988

The Repenter poster
6.2

A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-called "repenter") and a New York banker to do it. But things aren't quite what they seem.

The Repenter

1985

Series credits

Behind the camera

Candlewick poster
5.3

Red-haired, sex-obsessed manchild Lucio lazes all day long with his friend Pino until he falls for the beautiful head of the local loony bin.

Candlewick

1999

Bagnomaria poster
5.9

In Pietrasanta all are excited for the annual party of summer end. Here we find four characters: Merigo, a naive guy passionate of bike; Pierre, son of the mayor; Simone, a pestiferous kid; Mario, lifeguard of "Bagnomaria".

Bagnomaria

1999

The Way We Laughed poster
6.8

Studying to become a teacher in 1950s Northern Italy, Sicilian immigrant Pietro is joined by his big brother Giovanni. Pietro shows considerable promise in his field, prompting illiterate Giovanni to take on even the toughest jobs in order to support his sibling's academic pursuits.

The Way We Laughed

1998

Lucky and Zorba poster
7.6

A seagull is caught by the black tide of a sinking petrol ship. She manages to fly inland and falls down in a garden by a cat. Moribund, she asks the cat to fulfill three promises: that when she lays her egg he must not eat it; that he must take care of it until it hatches; that he would teach the newborn how to fly.

Lucky and Zorba

1998

Iris Blond poster
6.0

Romeo, a lovelorn Roman musician in his 40s with 20 years since his only hit, consults a fortuneteller who predicts he'll find love and money with a foreign singer named for a flower. In Brussels he meets Marguerite, an older chanteuse who interprets Jacques Brel and loves her yappy dog.

Iris Blond

1996

Nirvana poster
6.5

Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi begins a search for people who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released.

Nirvana

1997

The Star Maker poster
7.0

In 1950s Sicily, con artist Joe Moretti does screen tests for the big studios, accepting money or favours for his efforts. A young illiterate novitiate named Beata desperately wants to change her life and falls for him; belatedly, he realizes his feelings for her. However, their love affair is doomed when he's arrested.

The Star Maker

1995

Gunslinger's Revenge poster
4.5

The idealistic lifestyle of an old West farmer, his Indian wife, and half-breed son is interrupted when the boy's old gunslinger father returns. They are not happy with his return despite the old gunslinger's intention to retire. Things take a turn for the worse when another gunslinger arrives in town, trying to force a battle with the father.

Gunslinger's Revenge

1998

Ovosodo poster
7.2

From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.

Ovosodo

1997

Sorry if I Want to Marry You poster
5.3

Second part of the film "Sorry if I love you". Alex (Raoul Bova) and Niki (Michela Quattrociocche) are more in love than ever. They have just returned from the lighthouse on the island Blu where they have lived unforgettable days. Niki returns to see his friends, but a number of important changes in their lives will test the friendship of the girls. Alex also resume life with his old friends. All of them, Flavio, Enrico and Pietro, are no longer serene and safe husbands due to certain difficulties that have compromised their marriages.

Sorry if I Want to Marry You

2010

Baciato dalla fortuna poster
4.9

Gaetano is a divorced traffic cop in a relationship with a beautiful and exuberant woman, for whom he happily provides standards of living well above his means. He plans to propose to her, but she is thinking to run away with his handsome superior. In the midst of debts, unpaid alimony and other serious financial issues, Gaetano unexpectedly wins the lottery, turning the fortune around.

Baciato dalla fortuna

2011

Gallo cedrone poster
5.6

The life and times of Armando Feroci, a fortyish year old, who's been everything, a divorced husband, a careless father, an unreliable brother. The story is told in flashback by his friends while Armando has been mysteriously kidnapped in an Arab country by an integralist group and condemned to death.

Gallo cedrone

1998

Voglio stare sotto al letto poster
3.7

Leonardo is a young theater enthusiast who has written a comedy for a comedian at sunset, Giordani, and leaves for the Adriatic coast together with the producer Peppino and his assistant to reach the actor and convince him to stage the script. During the journey, which becomes longer and longer and with unusual and bizarre stops, he will soon realize that Peppino's attentions are not disinterested, while he will be attracted by a young and beautiful girl, Paola.

Voglio stare sotto al letto

1999

Alex the Ram poster
2.4

Alessandro Corso is a special forces carabiniere. During an operation he saves a child but cause the death of one of his comrades. He's then transferred to a peaceful little town, where he will be unexpectedly forced to help an hot witness named Antavleva, protecting her and bringing them safely to the trial.

Alex the Ram

2000

The Cyclone poster
6.9

The everyday life of accountant Levante, his family and the other people of a small town in the Tuscan countryside is taken by storm by the serendipitous arrival of five gorgeous Spanish flamenco dancers.

The Cyclone

1996

The Graduates poster
6.3

Four thirtysomething college students share a flat in Florence: Leonardo pursues beautiful Letizia, Rocco moonlights as a night watchman, Bruno needs to graduate to inherit his father-in-law's business, and Pino dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian.

The Graduates

1995

Viola Kisses Everybody poster
5.3

Three friends see their end-of-summer motorhome holiday trip hijacked by Viola, a beautiful girl on the run from both the law and the mob after a robbery.

Viola Kisses Everybody

1998

Freshwater Man poster
6.6

Antonio takes a hit on his head when he's out to buy a jar of mushrooms for his wife, and loses his memory. He reappears five years later unaware that time has passed.

Freshwater Man

1997

Who Killed Pasolini? poster
6.4

November 2, 1975: Pier Paolo Pasolini is murdered in the outskirts of Rome. The suspect, a 17-year-old hustler, pleads to have acted in self-defense, citing Pasolini's notorious sexual habits as proof. However, many inconsistencies start to undermine his version, pointing to him not having acted alone or even being assaulted in the first place. Was Pasolini also killed for another reason?

Who Killed Pasolini?

1995

Strangled Lives poster
5.3

Francesco is an entrepreneur in the building industry. His company is near to collapse if it doesn't win a deal to build a new school complex. It needs at least 60 million liras to participate to the deal, but all the banks refuse to lend the money. A corrupt bank employee introduces him to Claudio, apparently an assistant of Sergio, Francesco's old school friend. Sergio is an accountant available to lend Francesco the money he needs. Francesco wins the deal, but soon he discovers that Claudio is not what he says.

Strangled Lives

1996

Woman poster
4.3

A beautiful wife of good social standing falls into a flaming passion with a young man. Sooner than expected, she will be unable to terminate the liaison. It will follows that her husband is not wanted. And you can be sure she's not considering divorce as a solution.

Woman

1998

Fantozzi The Return poster
5.8

Ugo Fantozzi has been ejected from Heaven and is sent back to Earth for a short period of time until the staff in Heaven can get Fantozzi a place there. Fantozzi goes through a variety of unfortunate experiences, such as rescuing his retro punk granddaughter Uga, and having to pay a vast telephone bill due to frequent chat line conversations. He ends up getting arrested instead of his ex-boss, who was originally charged with corruption. Just as he is about to enjoy the World Cup Final with Italy, he is called back into Heaven. Can he find peace once again?

Fantozzi The Return

1996

Marianna Ucrìa poster
6.7

In 18th-century Sicily, deaf-mute highborn Marianna Ucrìa is forced to marry at age 13, bearing three children before even turning 16, when she finally gives birth to a boy. Despite everything, she'll find a way to emancipate herself from the oppressive social conventions of the time.

Marianna Ucrìa

1997

Il barbiere di Rio poster
5.6

Matteo is a Roman barber whose business is full of debts. He decides to escape from this depressing reality by accepting his sister's invitation to Brazil.

Il barbiere di Rio

1996

Vesna Goes Fast poster
6.1

Czech immigrant Vesna arrives in Italy and is forced into casual prostitution by poverty. The encounter with a kind construction worker could help change her situation.

Vesna Goes Fast

1996

Il viaggio della sposa poster
7.8

17th-century noblewoman Porzia leaves the cloister she was raised in to marry, but an ambush leaves her with only humble coachman Bartolo by her side. While venturing into dangerous and unknown lands, the two grow increasingly close despite their opposite backgrounds.

Il viaggio della sposa

1997

A Perfect Love poster
4.7

Two close friends are uneasily transitioning into their adult lives when they meet a girl at a nightclub. While she is overwhelmed by romantic impulses, the trio gets involved in some risks of the opportunity of doing something illegal.

A Perfect Love

2002

La fame e la sete poster
6.5

Alex, Ivo and Pacifico three Sicilian twin brothers are reunited for their father's funeral.

La fame e la sete

1999

Le donne non vogliono più poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Le donne non vogliono più

1993

Ritorno a casa Gori poster
6.1

Matriarch Adele's death prompts an unexpected and often incendiary reunion for the large Gori family – unaware that inside her coffin lie also the stolen goods of a robbery by her son Danilo.

Ritorno a casa Gori

1996

August Vacation poster
6.8

Like every August, journalist Sandro, his family and acquaintances vacation on the island of Ventotene. This time, however, they find out the house next door has been rented to a lower middle class family, whose crass nature and values soon clash with their own intellectual and progressive background.

August Vacation

1996

Ogni lasciato è perso poster
7.0

Piero C, a successful Turin television host, is dumped by his girlfriend, Beatrice; the abandonment left him in a state of deep depression. to the point he considers to end it all and leave his job. But his friends will try to make him recover through a series of bizarre experiences.

Ogni lasciato è perso

2001

Love Story With Cramps poster
3.9

Loves and jealousies, abandonments and returns, of two couples on vacation in Africa.

Love Story With Cramps

1995

My Best Friend's Wife poster
6.6

Roberto is a doctor in a small town near Naples. He suffers from a severe heart disease and he is heading toward an American hospital for a dangerous surgery with little or no hope of surviving. Therefore he talks to his best friend since childhood, Michele, a columnist at the local newspaper, explaining his last and long-wanted desire: having sex once with his Swedish beautiful wife, Frida.

My Best Friend's Wife

1998

Honeymoon Trips poster
6.8

The vicissitudes of three couples of newlyweds from the celebration of weddings to their respective honeymoons.

Honeymoon Trips

1995

I miei più cari amici poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

I miei più cari amici

1998

A Liar in Paradise poster
6.0

Two poor friends are trying to run a con on a wealthy family.

A Liar in Paradise

1998

Here Comes the Storm poster
6.1

Depressed magistrate Damiano Fortezza relocates from Milan to a small town in Campania, where the three Fontana sisters, owners of a chain of incinerators, dominate. The youngest, Eugenia, is about to marry a well-known crook Fortezza has to prosecute. However, he ends up falling in love with Eugenia and questioning the priorities of his job.

Here Comes the Storm

1993

Fireworks poster
6.2

Ottone, a professional dog sitter who's uncertain about most things in life, asks an analyst if he made the right decision love-wise while recounting the significant relationships he had with four women.

Fireworks

1997

Stregati dalla luna poster
5.4

Dario and Carlo are the owners of a small restaurant organizing a wedding. Everything goes awry after Miria confesses a fling to her fiance.

Stregati dalla luna

2001