Rosetta (film)

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Movie
German title Rosetta
Original title Rosetta
Country of production Belgium , France
original language French
Publishing year 1999
length 93 minutes
Rod
Director Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
script Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
production Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
music Thomas Gauder
camera Alain Marcoen
cut Marie-Hélène Dozo
occupation

Rosetta is a fictional film made by the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne in 1999 . The drama premiered in competition at the 52nd Cannes International Film Festival , where it won the Palme d'Or for best film. The festival jury came under strong criticism for its decision, while in Belgium the film helped to get the “Rosetta Plan” off the ground, a law that massively encourages young workers.

The theatrical release in Belgium started on September 22, 1999.

action

Because Rosetta's probationary period ends in a factory, the 18-year-old worker has been fired. She refuses to accept that, she has worked "well" and doesn't want to leave. There is a scuffle with the foreman and a colleague. Against their resistance, they drag two policemen off the premises. On secret secret routes where she hid her rubber boots, Rosetta returns to the campsite "The Grand Canyon", where she lives with her alcoholic mother. She mends used clothes by hand that Rosetta can only sell with great difficulty: summer clothes are now out of the question in winter. She digs up earthworms with a fork, with which she equips fish traps, which she hides in the deep pond on the property. While looking for work, she meets Riquet (Fabrizio Rongione), who works at a waffle stand and is looking for friendship. She treats her abdominal pain, which occurs suddenly, with painkillers and by blow-drying her stomach with a hairdryer.

Riquet visits Rosetta at the campsite. She throws him to the ground angrily. But his colleague was fired, so there is now a vacancy for Rosetta. Rosetta tries to force her mother into rehab and wants to buy her a sewing machine. But the mother defends herself and runs away. Rosetta decides to stay with Riquet for the night. The two of them dance awkwardly to the music of his rock band. In the course of the evening she discovers a waffle iron on him.

Rosetta soon loses her job in the waffle bakery because the owner's son gets her job. Again there are fights. She is clutching a heavy sack of flour so she doesn't have to leave. She can only be reassured by the fact that the owner promises her to contact her immediately if there is another vacancy. Their job search begins again. Riquet falls into the muddy water while helping Rosetta with her fish traps and threatens to drown. She hesitates a long time before helping him. Riquet offers to help him at the waffle stand: he secretly sells waffles there that he baked for his own account. After a moment's hesitation, Rosetta reveals it to the owner. She is present when Riquet is fired and receives his apron on the spot. Cheated and injured, Riquet pursues Rosetta. When he catches her, she fights him hard. He wants justification. She admits that she wanted his job.

Riquet also appears later at the waffle stand. Without a word, she sells him a waffle and a beer. When she returns home, she finds her mother unconscious outdoors and laboriously drags her into the camper. She cooks a tough egg for herself, calls her boss and explains that she won't be coming to work anymore. While eating the egg, she turns on the gas and tries to kill her mother and herself with it, which fails because the gas runs out. She buys a new gas bottle from the dismissing campsite operator. As she heaves the heavy new bottle towards the trailer, Riquet appears and aggressively circles her on his moped. She ignores him and drags the bottle on. Finally she breaks down crying. Riquet helps her up. She looks at him as she slowly regains her composure.

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  1. ↑ Jean-Pierre Dardenne . In: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 10/2011 of March 8, 2011, supplemented by news from MA-Journal up to week 43/2014 (accessed via Munzinger Online ).

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