Rosetta

Year: 1999
Country: France, Belgium
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast: Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux
Genre: drama
Runtime: 95 min.
Age: 18+

Rosetta, an 18 year-old girl, goes looking for work as some go to the war.

The first scene, like almost all others, is a fighting scene. A girl, about 18, is sacked from her factory work because her trial period is over. The girl, Rosetta, is quite upset and the cops will have to arrive to get her out. She has her reasons: she lives in a caravan, with her alcoholic mother. She goes looking for work as some go to the war. Treasons, murders are in her mind, if not in her acts.

Awards & Festivals:

Cannes Film Festival - Palm d'Or, Best Actress, Ecumenical Jury Prize
Cesar Award Nomination - Best Young Actress
Idependent Spirit Award Nomination - Best Foreign Film
Joseph Plateau Award - Best Belgian Film, Best Belgian Directors, Best Belgian Actress
European Film Academy Award Nomination - Best European Film, Best European Actress