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Madame Rosa

7.0 105 mins Drama   Comedy   1977
Director(s): Moshé Mizrahi

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.

Casts of Madame Rosa

Simone Signoret

as Madame Rosa

Michal Bat-Adam

as Nadine

Gabriel Jabbour

as M. Hamil

Mohamed Zinet

as Kadir Youssef

Costa-Gavras

as Le docteur Ramon

Samy Ben-Youb

as Momo

Bernard Lajarrige

as Louis Charmette - un retraité SNCF

Claude Dauphin

as Le docteur Katz

Elio Bencoil

as Moïse

Stella Annicette

as Madame Lola

El Kebim

as Mimoun

Théo Légitimus

as Monsieur Boro

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