Rosetta

1999 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama

18
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 31 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 16891 16.9K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Jean-Pierre Dardenne Photo
Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Top cast

Émilie Dequenne Photo
Émilie Dequenne as Rosetta
Victor Marit Photo
Victor Marit as Second Policeman
Colette Regibeau Photo
Colette Regibeau as Madame Riga
Christiane Dorval Photo
Christiane Dorval as First Saleswoman
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
865.98 MB
1204*720
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 7
1.57 GB
1792*1072
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 21

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dromasca 6 / 10

superb acting is not enough for a great film

Jean-Pierre Dardenne, one of the two brothers who authored 'Rosetta' was co-director a couple of years before this film of a strong documentary describing the life of the homeless orphan children in post-Communist Romania. That film which became a repeated item on some European TV channels like Arte-TV when they need to say something about Romania seems to have inspired the Dardenne brothers in making 'Rosetta'. The difference is that Rosetta is not a documentary, but a low-budget art film. The focus however is the same - the desperate life of a teenager who is forced to fight for her basic survival in a world and within a system which does not seem to offer her any help. She fights not only to survive but also to keep some dignity, although the lack of a proper childhood left her without tools to manage basic human relations, to understand and receive friendship.There is a strong moral and social message in this film. Most of the time the camera focuses on the actress Emilie Dequenne who won a Cannes prize for her performance. The problem is that the lack of action and events in the film, although keeping it simple and direct, cannot sustain the movie as a piece of art. It takes more than a strong message and good acting for a great film . What works well in a documentary is not good enough for a full length feature film. 'Rosetta' lacks complexity and the direct approach eventually gives the perception of simplicity, decreasing the overall impact. 6 out of 10 on my personal scale.
Reviewed by PCC0921 6 / 10

Walking, running and changing shoes?

A strange character, who is about 19 years old, but looks about 14. She also has a drunk of a mother. Rosetta winds up being the sole provider of the household. The film-makers do show us throughout the film that she is the more mature of the two and that there is desperation to find work. This tediousness shapes a very basic film, with a slow pace and don't even get me started about the bottle she keeps throwing into the pond. I tried to enjoy the interesting hand-held camera work, which gave it a voyeur feeling. The film looked like it was much older than 1999, which gave it a docu-drama feel, that I liked. There were some unique close-ups, which I found compelling, but these positive aspects couldn't save this pointless wreck. I felt exhausted after watching this.
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