Rising Damp (film) Rising Damp (film) Rising Damp is a 1980 comedy film based on the British situation comedy "Rising Damp", which aired on ITV from 1974 to 1978. The television series was, in turn, adapted from Eric Chappell's stage play "The Banana Box". Chappell adapted the play to television, and wrote the screenplay for this feature film. The film's director was Joseph McGrath. Leonard Rossiter plays Rupert Rigsby, the middle-aged landlord of a decrepit townhouse. Rigsby has fallen for his only female tenant, Ruth Jones (Frances de la Tour). Ruth, however, prefers Philip, who is much younger, more attractive, and more sophisticated
First Name: Carmen her for dead, the police drag Joseph away. In a stupor, Carmen asks the young hotel attendant what it's called when the innocents are on one side and the guilty on the other, when everything's been lost but you're still breathing and the sun is still rising. "Daybreak," he responds. First Name: Carmen First Name: Carmen () is a 1983 film by Jean-Luc Godard. It is very loosely based on Bizet's opera "Carmen". The film won the Golden Lion at the 1983 Venice Film Festival and had 395,462 Admissions in France. Carmen, in a voice over paired with shots of