Rosetta

DVD - 2012

The Belgian filmmaking team of brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne turned heads with Rosetta, an intense verite drama that closely follows a poor young woman struggling to hold onto a job to support herself and her alcoholic mother. It's a swift and simple tale made revelatory by the raw, empathic way in which the directors render Rosetta's desperation, keeping the camera nearly perched on her shoulder throughout.

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Subjects
Genres
Feature films
Fiction films
Coming-of-age films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, New York] : Criterion Collection [2012]
Language
French
English
Corporate Authors
Films du fleuve (Firm), Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française, ARP Sélection (Firm)
Corporate Authors
Films du fleuve (Firm) (production company), Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française, ARP Sélection (Firm)
Other Authors
Luc Dardenne, 1954- (screenwriter), Jean-Pierre Dardenne, 1951- (film producer), Michèle Pétin (actor), Laurent Pétin, Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition ; DVD edition
Item Description
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.
Special features: Conversation between film critic Scott Foundas and filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne ; new interview with actors Émilie Dequenne and Olivier Gourmet ; trailer.
Widescreen (1.66:1) (16:9).
Physical Description
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Playing Time
01:33:00
Format
DVD, NTSC; aspect ratio 16:9, Dolby digital surround, region 1.
Audience
Not rated.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or (Golden Palm).
Production Credits
Director of photography, Alain Marcoen ; camera, Benoït Dervaux ; editor, Marie-Hélène Dozo.
ISBN
9781604656183
9786314742973
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

The 15-year-old son of a scammer using undocumented immigrants promises to care for the family of a fatally injured worker, forcing the troubled teen to choose between following his misguided but loving father or his conscience in La Promesse. Rosetta finds a desperate young woman struggling to support herself and her alcoholic mother in a mostly but not exclusively inhospitable world. These first works by Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes offer intimately filmed, minimalist, neorealist dramas for serious film buffs. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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