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Madame Rosa, originally titled La Vie devant soi, is a 1977 French drama film directed and written by Moshé Mizrahi. The cast includes Simone Signoret, Michal Bat-Adam, Claude Dauphin, and Costa-Gavras. The narrative is set in Paris and centers on the subject of prostitution. The screenplay is based on the work The Life Before Us by Romain Gary, with music composed by Philippe Sarde and cinematography by Néstor Almendros. Ralph Baum served as producer.
The film has a runtime of 105 minutes and was released on November 2, 1977. It has been distributed via video on demand by Netflix and is available through providers such as France Channel and Amazon Channel. The movie received the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film and was nominated for the same award as well as the César Award for Best Actress. It is recognized in the Academy Award Best International Feature collection.
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6.8Madame 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 as Madame Rosa
- Michal Bat-Adam as Nadine
- Gabriel Jabbour as M. Hamil
- Mohamed Zinet as Kadir Youssef
- Costa-Gavras as Le docteur Ramon
- Nadia Samir
Themes
- multiculturalism
- 1980s
- anti-racism
- french multiculuralism
- good old days
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Based on
- The Life Before Us
- Main subject
- prostitution
- Director
- Moshé Mizrahi
- Screenwriter
- Moshé Mizrahi
- Composer
- Philippe Sarde
- Producer
- Ralph Baum
- Cinematographer
- Néstor Almendros
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 322026
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1982-01-15
- title
- La Vie devant soi
- after a work by
- Romain Gary
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- The Life Before Us
- review score
- 89%
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