Madame Rosa

Madame Rosa — Plot

Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the oldest and her favorite, an Algerian lad whom she raises as a Muslim. He asks about his parents; she answers evasively. As she ages and takes fewer children, Momo must do more for her; as money is tight, he tries to earn pennies on the street with a puppet. He's a beautiful man-child, and Madame Rosa makes him promise never to sell himself or become a pimp. A film editor, Nadine, befriends him, and his father appears as well. Madame Rosa reaches her last days in fear of hospitals, and Momo must act.

• Release date
• November 2, 1977
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Drama, Comedy
• Director
• Moshé Mizrahi

Madame Rosa — Cast

Simone Signoret Madame Rosa Michal Bat-Adam Nadine Gabriel Jabbour M. Hamil Mohamed Zinet Kadir Youssef Costa-Gavras Le docteur Ramon

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Nadia Samir Samy Ben-Youb Momo Bernard Lajarrige Louis Charmette - un retraité SNCF