Madame Rosa | La Vie devant soi
Madame RosaLa Vie devant soi
Overview
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
Michal Bat-Adam
Samy Ben-Youb
Gabriel Jabbour
Geneviève Fontanel
Bernard Lajarrige
Mohamed Zinet
Elio Bencoil
Stella Annicette
El Kebim
Costa-Gavras
Renata Flores
Elisabeth Margoni
Claude Dauphin
Théo Légitimus
Crew
Moshé Mizrahi
Romain Gary
Moshé Mizrahi
Néstor Almendros
Sophie Coussein
Bernard Evein
Jacques Fonteray
Dabket Loubna
Philippe Sarde
Ralph Baum
Jean Bolvary
Raymond Danon
André Hoss
Alain Depardieu
Tony Aboyantz
Emmanuel Fonlladosa
Georges Glon
Louis Gimel
