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Madame Rosa is a french film of genre Drama directed by Moshé Mizrahi released in USA on 19 march 1978 with Simone Signoret

Madame Rosa (1977)

Madame Rosa
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Released in USA 19 march 1978
Length 1h35
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating71% 3.593213.593213.593213.593213.59321

Madame Rosa (French: La Vie devant soi) is a 1977 French film adaptation of the novel The Life Before Us (1975; French: La vie devant soi), authored by Romain Gary under the pseudonym of Émile Ajar. Through his double identity, Gary, who had already received the Prix Goncourt in 1956 for Les Racines du ciel, received it again, in 1975 for La vie devant soi, becoming the first writer to be twice attributed the highly coveted award. The film adaptation was directed by Moshé Mizrahi and produced by Daniel Pomerantz.

Synopsis

Madame Rosa (Simone Signoret) is a frail, aging, retired Jewish prostitute and Auschwitz survivor who earns a meager living by caring for the children of younger female sex workers, as well as for Momo (short for Mohammed) (Sami Ben Youb), a young Arab boy on the verge of adolescence. Momo hasn't seen his parents in years. He and Madame Rosa struggle to make ends meet, and as her body and mind start to fail, it becomes clear that Momo is the only person she has left in the world. Despite his young age, he has to help Madame Rosa who refuses to be hospitalized. He will stay with her as she faces her ultimate fears and prepares for her last and most difficult voyage.

Actors

Simone Signoret

(Madame Rosa)Michal Bat-Adam

(Nadine)Gabriel Jabbour

(M. Hamil)Geneviève Fontanel

(Maryse)Bernard Lajarrige

(Louis Charmette - un retraité SNCF)
And :
Mohamed Zinet
Abder El Kebir
Claude Dauphin
Costa-Gavras
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