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Rosetta

1999 · 95 min

A relentless, close-up plunge into a young woman's desperate survival, leaving you drained, tense and quietly shaken.

Overview
Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • class
  • politics
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Written by
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Starring
Émilie Dequenne, Olivier Gourmet, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Bernard Marbaix, Frédéric Bodson, Florian Delain, Christiane Dorval
Music
Jean-Pierre Cocco
Cinematography
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Runtime
95 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French

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