Madame Rosa

Madame Rosa

La vie devant soi
🎞️ Movie 105 min FR
โ˜… 7.1 /10 1977

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.

Cast

Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret
Madame Rosa
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Michal Bat-Adam
Nadine
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Samy Ben-Youb
Momo
Gabriel Jabbour
Gabriel Jabbour
Monsieur Hamil
Geneviève Fontanel
Geneviève Fontanel
Maryse
Bernard Lajarrige
Bernard Lajarrige
Louis Charmette - un retraité SNCF
Mohamed Zinet
Mohamed Zinet
Kadir Youssef
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Elio Bencoil
Moïse
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Stella Annicette
Madame Lola
Abderrahmane El Kebir
Abderrahmane El Kebir
Mimoun
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Dabket Loubna
Composer
Philippe Sarde
Philippe Sarde
Composer
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Néstor Almendros
Cinematographer