Rimini

Ulrich Seidl / AT, DE, FR, 2022 / 114 min.

Once he was a success; now he performs for schlager-loving tourists. Inebriated, with an almost empty bank account, his mother has just died and his father has dementia. Richie Bravo is really down on his luck in Ulrich Seidl’s first feature film in a decade.

In the old days, blond Austrian pop star Richie Bravo celebrated his triumphs, but since his fame was lost, he hustles an income as a charming lounge and schlager singer complete with a beer gut and the too tight suit. His domain is the tourist venues in Rimini the Italian coastal town popular with German and Austrian tourists.