NIGHT TWELVE: Rita (2024)

RITA

(2024, dir. Jayro Bustamante, 107 min.)

Starring Giuliana Santa Cruz, Ángela Quevedo, Alejandra Vázquez

Like Bustamante's previous film, the brilliant LA LLORONA, RITA is inspired by actual tragic events that occurred in Guatemala, in this case the 2017 fire that killed 41 teenage girls at a state-run orphanage that had been cited for a longstanding pattern of abuse, rape, and human trafficking.

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Review of ‘Rita’ (2024) ★★★★