ROSETTA

| 1999 – 90′ –  A Belgium/France Co-Production. Drama, Classic, Co-Produced by France,
Written by: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne.
Directed by: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne.
Starring: Emilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Olivier Gourmet, Anne Yernaux, Bernard Marbaix, Sophia Leboutte, Frédéric Bodson, Mireille Bailly, Valentin Traversi.
Official Selections: Cannes International Film Festival 1999 (Winner Palme D’or & Best Actress), Toronto International Film festival 1999, New York Film Festival 1999. Winner Cesar Award for Best Promised Actress (Emilie Dequenne).
In French with English subtitles.
A HBO Max release. |

Belgian 17-year-old Rosetta (Émilie Dequenne) lives in a dilapidated trailer that has no running water, with only her indigent and alcoholic mother (Anne Yernaux) for company. After losing her job at a food processing plant, the teen struggles to find work in a bid to avoid falling into the same traps as her mother, but is rebuffed at every turn. Only Riquet (Fabrizio Rongione), who works at a nearby waffle stand, seems to care for Rosetta, but even that budding friendship has a price.

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