A former pop star clings to the last scraps of his career in the off-season chill of an Italian resort town in Rimini, a 2022 drama directed by Ulrich Seidl.
What is Rimini about?
Richie Bravo was once a genuine pop success, and traces of that fame still cling to him even as the years have worn the shine off. Now he scrapes by performing for busloads of older tourists who pass through Rimini in the quiet winter months, trading nostalgia for whatever income he can find while numbing the gap between who he was and who he has become. His routine of performance and self-medication is upended when his adult daughter reappears in his life, forcing a reckoning he has spent years avoiding. Set against the grey off-season Adriatic coast rather than its sunlit summer postcard image, the film follows Richie as his carefully maintained illusions of continued relevance start to give way under the weight of family obligations he can no longer sidestep.
About the cast
Michael Thomas leads the cast as Richie Bravo, with Tessa Göttlicher, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Inge Maux, Claudia Martini, Georg Friedrich, Natalya Baranova, and Moumen Abd El Rahman rounding out the ensemble under Ulrich Seidl's direction.
Context & significance
Rimini is an Austrian-French-German co-production that runs 115 minutes, giving its portrait of faded celebrity room to unfold slowly. Ulrich Seidl builds the film around the off-season version of a resort town more familiar as a summer destination, using that emptiness as a mirror for a performer whose audience has largely moved on.
Watching Rimini on Ktime
Rimini is available to stream on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking audiences can watch it in the language and format that suits them. All that is required to begin watching is a free K-Time account, and the platform's Farsi interface makes browsing for more European drama straightforward.