Rosetta

    Rosetta
    1999

    Synopsis

    Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.

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    Cast

    • Émilie DequenneRosetta
    • Olivier GourmetPatron
    • Fabrizio RongioneRiquet
    • Anne YernauxMother
    • Bernard MarbaixCampground Manager
    • Frédéric BodsonHead of Personnel
    • Florian DelainThe Boss's Son
    • Christiane DorvalFirst Saleswoman
    • Mireille BaillySecond Saleswoman
    • Thomas GollasMother's Boyfriend

    Recommandations

    • 90

      Chicago Reader

      You feel it in your nervous system before you get a chance to reflect on its meaning.
    • 88

      Boston Globe

      The bleakness of Rosetta will not be for all, but it's one of the best films of the year.
    • 80

      Film.com

      This kind of film, in its various manifestations recurring through the decades, gives us confidence that cinema can ultimately get to the heart of things.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      Grabs you by the throat and won't let go.
    • 80

      Time

      The purity of Dequenne's performance inspires awe.
    • 75

      New York Post

      Bleak, demanding stuff, and its hand-held documentary-style photography is harder on the stomach than "The Blair Witch Project."
    • 75

      Christian Science Monitor

      Carries a strong emotional charge along with its valuable reminder of the suffering that youngsters may undergo when a heedless society overlooks their needs.
    • 70

      TV Guide Magazine

      A psychologically acute profile of one teenaged girl obsessed with leading what she thinks of as normal life.

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