Product Description

[Non-U.S. format (PAL) region 2 U.K. DVD - This will not play on many U.S./Canada DVD players (or those from most other countries outside of Europe). You would need a "multi-region" or "region-free" PAL compatible DVD player or computer.] SYNOPSIS: Winner of the 1999 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and widely hailed as a masterpiece, 'Rosetta' is an extraordinary portrait of a resourceful teenage girl struggling to find her way in a tough world. Both compelling and moving, the film stars newcomer Emilie Dequenne, whose outstanding realization of the title role earned her a Best Actress award at Cannes. Crafted with skill and energy by writer/director brothers Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne, who adopt a virtuoso visual style that perfectly matches Dequenne's urgent performance, 'Rosetta' is an affecting and powerful drama of passionate intensity.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89150 in DVD
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: PAL
• Original language: French, Romanian
• Subtitled in: English

Customer Reviews

Breathtaking
one of the most amazing films to ever be made. Rosetta is the compelling and moving story of a young girl that faces hardships beyond her years. Loss of a job, dealing with her alcholic mother and the center of all of this desperation, to have a good life, and get things going in the right direction, she betrays a friend, begs for jobs and sneaks in and out of the trailer park she and her mother live in, ironically called "the grand canyon".
Rosetta has an iron clad determination that drives her, and she will not give up no matter what.
An extremely real, gritty, emotional and touching film that won numerous awards for the actress playing rosetta(?milie Dequenne) as well as for Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne at the cannes film festival.
An absolute treasure.