Madame Rosa(Movie, 1977)

Name: Madame Rosa
Genre: Drama
Released: 1977
Duration: T01:45:00
Rating: 3.6

Original title: "La Vie devant soi" (French/FR)

1h 45min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 11 votes)

Madame Rosa (French: La vie devant soi) is a 1977 French drama film directed by Moshé Mizrahi, adapted from the 1975 novel The Life Before Us by Romain Gary. It stars Simone Signoret and Samy Ben-Youb, and tells the story of an elderly Jewish woman and former prostitute in Paris who cares for a number of children, including an adolescent Algerian boy. The film required a transformation in Signoret's appearance as Madame Rosa. The film was viewed in context of Arab–Israeli conflicts, and received positive reviews. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, while Signoret won the César Award for Best Actress for her performance. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Madame Rosa

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film nominated for: César Award for Best Actress

About Madame Rosa

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: France

Plays in: Paris

Based on the work of: Romain Gary ("The Life Before Us")

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: German (DE)

Translated into 15 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 03/19/1978 (World premiere: 11/02/1977)

Cast: Simone Signoret, Michal Bat-Adam, Abder El Kebir, Bernard Lajarrige, Claude Dauphin, Costa-Gavras, Gabriel Jabbour, Geneviève Fontanel, Ibrahim Seck, Mohamed Zinet, Théo Légitimus

Director: Moshé Mizrahi

Producer: Ralph Baum

Screenwriter: Moshé Mizrahi

Film Editor: Sophie Coussein

Director of Photography: Néstor Almendros

Composer: Philippe Sarde

Costume designer: Jacques Fonteray

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"La vita davanti a sé"

"Het Leven voor de Boeg"

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