Madame Rosa
La vie devant soi
1977, Film, 105 min, Comedy, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 67
Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the oldest and her favorite, an Algerian lad whom she raises as a Muslim. He asks about his parents; she answers evasively. As she ages and takes fewer children, Momo must do more for her; as money is tight, he tries to earn pennies on the street with a puppet. He's a beautiful man-child, and Madame Rosa makes him promise never to sell himself or become a pimp. A film editor, Nadine, befriends him, and his father appears as well. Madame Rosa reaches her last days in fear of hospitals, and Momo must act.
Directed by Moshé Mizrahi
Cast
- Simone Signoret as Madame Rosa
- Michal Bat-Adam as Nadine
- Samy Ben-Youb as Momo
- Gabriel Jabbour as Monsieur Hamil
- Geneviève Fontanel as Maryse
- Bernard Lajarrige as Louis Charmette - un retraité SNCF
- Mohamed Zinet as Kadir Youssef
- Elio Bencoil as Moïse
- Stella Annicette as Madame Lola
- Abderrahmane El Kebir as Mimoun
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