The drama vividly conveys the stunted emotional and spiritual life of a teenager who has no time for anything except the struggle to survive.
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03/04/02
Rosetta (1999)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:17
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7/10
Synopsis: A grueling, powerful film that features Emilie Dequenne in her screen debut. She portrays Rosetta, a 17-year-old girl who wants nothing more than to work for a living. After being fired from her... [More]
Starring: Emilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
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Perhaps some of this would have been nominally interesting if Rosetta were slightly likable.
01/05/04
a careful, painful film, but beautiful in its execution
03/21/01
The directors jump into an impoverished, fast-moving life, and never attempt to put on the brakes for the sake of providing audience comfort.
01/01/00
Fights and struggles to stay afloat literally and symbolically, just like its heroine.
03/07/02
This is a film made for purists of the cinema.
01/01/00
'An unflinching portrait of the dehumanizing effects of being forced to live hand-to-mouth with no real hope of escaping.'
06/21/04
Some viewers (including a few who walked out when I saw the movie) are going to find the subject too grim and the production too stark — but that's the idea.
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