Madame Rosa (1978)

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.

Genre: Foreign | Drama

Country: France  

themoviedb.org: http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/42223

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076348/

Director(s) / Writer(s):

Moshé Mizrahi

Cast:

Simone Signoret

Madame Rosa

Michal Bat-Adam

Nadine

Samy Ben-Youb

Momo

Gabriel Jabbour

M. Hamil

Geneviève Fontanel

Maryse

Bernard La Jarrige

Louis Charmette - un retraité SNCF

Mohamed Zinet

Kadir Youssef

Elio Bencoil

Moïse

Stella Annicette

Madame Lola

El Kebim

Mimoun