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Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
8 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Belgian Brothers Win Second Palme D'Or (From Studio Briefing. 23 May 2005)
Belgian Film Takes Palme D'Or (From WENN. 23 May 2005)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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Rated R for language.Parents Guide:
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95 min | Colombia:92 minLanguage:
FrenchColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby SRCertification:
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:RMOVIEmeter: 
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In my opinion, the best movie of 1999.
Definitively, underlining the existence of a master-piece called "Mouchette" is a must. Though Dardene brothers are not changing the cinematographic language as Bresson did, their movie almost attains in a few moments both the beauty and the intensity of Bresson's master-piece. Only a true artist can repeat the suicide of Mouchette succesfully (and, without any doubt, the moving final sequence belongs to the history of cinema with all merits). I'd like to point out also the magnificent use of music in this film (you could hardly find two movies a year in which the music is not a nuisance nowadays, some directors should limit themselves to the music that comes from the scene itself -a radio, a piano...- ): it appears only once, and is a messy, distortioned home recording of drums, which serves the co-starring as an excuse to dance with Rosetta. To those who are looking for a contrast in the movie, it's precisely this boy and specially this scene the ones that offer a way out.
Do the people that need to know why Rosetta is like that also want to know why the birds attack the humans in Hitchcocks classic?
Is it possible to construct such a character without showing, by repetition of sequences, the redundance of Rosettas' life? Is it possible such a beauty in the final sequence without the proper patient use of time?