Rosetta (1999)

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:

Award Winning | Snitch | Desperation | Unemployment | Hand Held

Awards:

8 wins & 5 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Loneliness of one who longs to belong.

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

Connexions De Film:

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

Soundtrack:

Something New

Loneliness of one who longs to belong.

I found this film quite effecting without ever straying into crass sentimentality. Rosetta is a young girl who is full of anger and yearning. She lives with a dysfunctional alcoholic mother in a caravan park. Little is given about her past but we can understand that due to her upbringing she has limited options available to her. Her desire to be find a job (any job) is both desperate and touching. For Rosetta the prospect of a job, even a job that many in middle class society (indeed the average art house cinema goer!) might regard as mundane and without prospects, represents to her a chance to escape the existence on the outskirts of society. Her drive however raises her above the mere status of victim, and it is a credit to the lead that she conveys so much of this, without it having to be spelt out.

One thing I did find a little disconcerting was the wobbly camera technique, don't see if you are feeling a little nauseous as I was however this is only a minor criticism. Its around 90 minutes and I think well worth the investment if you like a good character based movie.