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Description: Theatrical Release: 1999 / Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne / Actors: Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione ... more
Rosetta (DVD) ... ... / Features of the DVD: PAL / Belgian miserabilism might sound like an instant turn-off but Rosetta, the winner of the 1999 Palme d'or at Cannes, is gripping right from the start. Made by brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, former documentary-makers, the film tracks a young woman who lives with her alcoholic mother in a caravan park on the outskirts of Liége as she desperately tries to get a job. It literally follows her story: the Dardennes use a handheld camera that hugs Rosetta's shoulder, plunging us into her dead-end world and making us share her urgent need for "a real job and a normal life".In the title role, first-time actress Emilie Dequenne gives an astounding performance. With her square, sullen face, stumpy walk and outbursts of indignant violence, she radiates fury and grim determination. Whether bullying her wretched mother or betraying the only person who ever showed her kindness so that she can grab his job, she's never for a moment ingratiating, and the Dardennes avoid all special pleading: we're told nothing of how Rosetta got where she is, or why. Yet she holds our sympathy despite everything, and the ending, when for the first time the glimmer of a gentler emotion lightens her features, brings more sense of real uplift than any dozen mainstream feel-good films. --Philip Kemp

Newest Review: ... and not to end up wasted like her Mother with whom she seems to have a love - hate relationship. The camera follows Rosetta ... more

 ... out on to the streets selling clothes and poaching fish from a private lake - simple tasks but fascinating viewing - I've never seen fish being caught that way before. During her attempts to find work she draws the attention of a young man Riquet (Fabrizio Rongione) who works at a waffle stall but she is weary of getting too close to him. The film plays with your emotions and especially uses the relationship between these two characters to keep you guessing as to what will happen next. At first you empathise wi...more

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Premium Review Rosetta (DVD): Belgium Waffle Well Worth Watching (764 words)
by - written on 04/09/09 (Very useful, 125 readings)
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Rosetta is the first film I've seen by Belgian film directors and brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. It's also the first time I've been influenced to rent a movie after reading a review on Dooyoo (The writer will know who she is :-)). The film was first released in 1999 and was the winner of the 1999 Palme d'or at Cannes Rosetta follows the daily struggles of a young girl not long out of school who is struggling to find permanent employment. In the opening scene we see her getting chucked out of a government training scheme type job - her contract has come to an end but she doesn't want to leave and end's up punching the boss - it's not the only fight she ...  Read the complete review

 
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