Rosetta (R)

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Rosetta is a 17-year-old Italian girl who lives in a trailer park on the outskirts of the Belgian town of Seraing. She is driven by a need that quickly becomes her singular obsession: securing a steady job and a normal life. Drowning in poverty and neglect, Rosetta puts all she has into finding and keeping a job, but her single-mindedness will force her into making a choice that she may not be prepared to accept.

MovieGoer Review

This film was the surprise winner of the Palm d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as a feature at the New York Film Festival. Written and directed by the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the movie examines t... MORE

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synopsis

Rosetta is a 17-year-old Italian girl who lives in a trailer park on the outskirts of the Belgian town of Seraing. She is driven by a need that quickly becomes her singular obsession: securing a steady job and a normal life. Drowning in poverty and neglect, Rosetta puts all she has into finding and keeping a job, but her single-mindedness will force her into making a choice that she may not be prepared to accept.

MovieGoer Review

This film was the surprise winner of the Palm d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as a feature at the New York Film Festival. Written and directed by the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the movie examines t... MORE