Madame Rosa
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Moshe Mizrahi
Simone Signoret
Samy Ben Youb
Michal Bat-adam
Gabriel Jabbour
Bernard Lajarrige
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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.
Director
Moshe Mizrahi
Cast
Simone Signoret
Samy Ben Youb
Michal Bat-adam
Gabriel Jabbour
Bernard Lajarrige
Claude Dauphin
Mohamed Zinet
Genevieve Fontanel
Costa-gavras
Stella Anicette
Elio Bencoil
Vincent Hua
Bernard Eliazord
Mathe Samba
Ibrahim Seck
Theo Legitimus
El Kebir
Alain Recoing
Nadia Samir
Jacqueline Rouillard
Wladimir Streiff
Lyonel Maareik
Elizabeth Margoni
Renata Birgoleit
Ghazy Younes
Ghassan Younes
Jacky Belhassan
Fabien Belhassan
Ivry Gitlis
Crew
Tony Aboyantz
Emile Ajar
Nestor Almendros
Alex Archambault
Bernard Auroux
Ralph Baum
Florent Bazin
Maud Begon
Theodore Bikel
Jean Bolvary
Georges Chretien
Sophie Coussein
Raymond Danon
Alain Depardieu
Alain Depardieu
Bernard Evein
Julien Falk
Anita Fernandez
Emmanuel Fonlladosa
Jacques Fonteray
Jean-claude Gasche
Louis Gimel
Roland Girard
Georges Glon
Andre Hoss
Michel Laleouse
Michele Lalune
Michele Lalune
Teddy Lasry
Corinne Lazare
Ariane Litaize
Frederic Lodeon
Dabket Loubna
Moshe Mizrahi
Sylvie Moat
Jean Neny
Roland Pichery
Assy Rahbany
Mansour Rahbany
Claude Reytinas
Hubert Rostaing
Jean-pierre Ruh
Marthe Samba
Philippe Sarde
Helen G Scott
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1978
Released in United States on Video June 2, 1993
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1978
Released in United States on Video June 2, 1993
The Country of France