- Rosetta (film)
Infobox_Film
name =Rosetta
caption ="Rosetta" movie poster
director =Jean-Pierre Dardenne ,Luc Dardenne
writer =Jean-Pierre Dardenne ,Luc Dardenne
starring =Émilie Dequenne
producer =Jean-Pierre Dardenne ,Luc Dardenne , et al. | distributor =ARP Sélection (France )
released =flagicon|Belgium22 September 1999
flagicon|France29 September ,1999
flagicon|USA5 November ,1999 (NYC only)
flagicon|UK25 February ,2000
flagicon|Australia21 December ,2000
runtime =95 min.
language =French
imdb_id =0200071 |"Rosetta" is a 1999 French-Belgian
film written and directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. It is about a seventeen year old girl (played byÉmilie Dequenne ) who lives in a trailer park with her alcoholic mother. Trying to survive and to escape her situation, she attempts to find and hold a job that will allow her to move out of the caravan and away from her mother.In Belgium the film inspired a new law prohibiting employers from paying teen workers less than the minimum wage.cite news | url= http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/archives/2000/0100/000114.html | title= True Grit | publisher= chicagoreader.com | author =Jonathan Rosenbaum | accessdate= 2007-07-21 ] [cite news | url = http://www.belgium.be/eportal/application?languageParameter=nl&pageid=contentPage&docId=2919 | title= Rossetaplan | accessdate = 2007-07-21 ]
Awards and recognition
"Rosetta" won the
Palme d'Or and the Best Actress awards at the 1999Cannes Film Festival .The "Arts and Faith" website ranks it at number 33 in its "Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films" list (as of December, 2006).
Quotes
Rosetta: "Tu t'appelles Rosetta... Je m'appelle Rosetta... Tu as trouvé un travail ... J'ai trouvé un travail ... Tu as trouvé un ami ... J'ai trouvé un ami ... Tu as une vie normale... J'ai une vie normale... Tu ne tomberas pas dans le trou... Je ne tomberai pas dans le trou... Bonne nuit... Bonne nuit..."
("Your name is Rosetta. My name is Rosetta. You found a job. I found a job. You've got a friend. I've got a friend. You have a normal life. I have a normal life. You won't fall in a rut. I won't fall in a rut. Good night. Good night.")
References
ee also
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List of Belgian submissions for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film External links
* [http://www.dardenne-brothers.com/work/films/rosetta/ "Rosetta"] at [http://www.dardenne-brothers.com/ dardenne-brothers.com]
* " [http://artsandfaith.com/t100/2005/entry.php?film=256 Rosetta] " at the [http://artsandfaith.com/top100/ Arts & Faith Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films] list
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rosetta/ "Rosetta"] at rottentomatoes.com###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Palme d'Or
years=1999
before="Eternity and a Day "
after="Dancer in the Dark "
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