Rosetta (1999)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.2/10   

Directors:

Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne

Writers:

Jean-Pierre Dardenne (writer)
Luc Dardenne (writer)

Release Date:

22 septembre 1999 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.

Plot Keywords:

Alcoholic Mother | Job | Fired | Friendship | Betrayal

Awards:

8 wins & 5 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Does Rosetta Find a Way Out?

Ensemble

Émilie Dequenne	...	Rosetta
Fabrizio Rongione	...	Riquet
Anne Yernaux	...	The Mother
Olivier Gourmet	...	The Boss
Bernard Marbaix	...	The Campgrounds Manager
Frédéric Bodson	...	The Head of Personnel
Florian Delain	...	The Boss's Son
Christiane Dorval	...	First Saleswoman
Mireille Bailly	...	Second Saleswoman
Thomas Gollas	...	The Mother's Boyfriend
Leon Michaux	...	First Policeman (as Léon Michaux)
Victor Marit	...	Second Policeman
Colette Regibeau	...	Madame Riga
Claire Tefnin	...	Girl in Locker Room
Sophie Leboutte	...	Fired Woman
Gaetano Ventura	...	Store Manager
Christian Neys	...	First Paramedic
Valentin Traversi	...	Second Paramedic
Jean-Francois Noville	...	Hospital Worker

Réalisé par
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Luc Dardenne

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne		writer
Luc Dardenne		writer

Produit par
Jean-Pierre Dardenne	....	producer
Luc Dardenne	....	producer
Laurent Pétin	....	producer
Michèle Pétin	....	producer
Arlette Zylberberg	....	associate producer

Musique originale
Jean-Pierre Cocco

Image
Alain Marcoen

Montage
Marie-Hélène Dozo

Création des décors
Igor Gabriel

Création des costumes
Monic Parelle

Maquillage
Tina Kopecka	....	key makeup artist

Directeur de production
Philippe Groff	....	unit production manager
Véronique Marit	....	production manager
Patrick Millet	....	production manager: France
Philippe Toussaint	....	unit manager

Assistant réalisateur
Bernard Garant	....	assistant director
Jean-François Tefnin	....	assistant director

Technicien du son
Benoît De Clerck	....	boom operator
Benoît De Clerck	....	sound editor
Jean-Pierre Duret	....	sound engineer
Thomas Gauder	....	sound mixer
Philippe van Leer	....	foley artist
Griet Van Reeth	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean Christophe Delinaoumis	....	assistant camera
Benoît Dervaux	....	camera operator
Amaury Duquenne	....	second assistant camera
Jean-François Hensgens	....	focus puller

Music Department
Marc Descamps	....	musician
Michel Leclercq	....	musician
René Stock	....	musician
Rhonny Ventat	....	musician

Divers
Philippe Groff	....	location manager
Leon Michaux	....	script consultant (as Léon Michaux)
Marika Piedboeuf	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• ARP Sélection
• Canal+
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Centre de Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française de Belgique
• La Laterne Nationale
• La Regie Wallone
• Les Films du Fleuve
• October Films
• Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)

Distributors

• ARP Sélection (France)
• Arthaus
• Artificial Eye
• Atalanta Filmes (Portugal)
• Bitters End
• Keyfilms Roma
• USA Films (USA) (subtitled)
• Zeta Films (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Durée:

95 min | Colombia:92 min

Pays:

France | Belgium

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Dolby SR

Classification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | France:U | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Belgium

Company:

ARP Sélection

Guillemet:

Rosetta: Your name is Rosetta. My name is Rosetta. You found a job. I found a job. You've got a friend. I've got a friend. You have a normal life. I have a normal life. You won't fall in a rut. I won't fall in a rut. Good night. Good night.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: (#20.3)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Something New

Does Rosetta Find a Way Out?

The test of some performances is how much empathy you feel for an exasperating character you would normally not care for. The actress Emilie Dequenne, especially in the final scene of "Rosetta," really makes you glimpse why desperation drives some people to do the things they do -- although you may not totally understand. All the disgust and anger you feel toward her evaporates when you glimpse the soul of the character through her face.

She does not know how to lift herself out of her circumstances. Does she grow as a person or remain trapped like an animal? You hope that her decision to leave the prize was made out of remorse for the betrayal of a friend. After the sudden ending, you pray she gets a new attitude and finds a way out.

But I don't think she will. The character is caught like a bird flapping around a cage and can't get out of the film's stoic vision.