Rosetta details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Emilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yerneaux, Olivier Gourmet |
| Directors: | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne |
| Genre: | World Cinema - French |
| Studio: | ARTIFICIAL EYE FILM COMPANY LTD. |
| Name | Discs | |
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Rosetta |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Rental release: | 16 Apr 2001 |
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| Main languages: | French |
| Dubbed: | Italian |
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Masterpiece of Cinematic Humanism
By a customer from London , 14 Apr 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
This is an amazing film. For those who are willing to think and feel it will provide you with a profoundly moving portrait of a fellow human being. Everything about Rosetta confirms its greatness; the cinematography is perfect for the project, script is solid, the acting excels, Direction and editing are just right. If you are incapable of wanting to feel, and prefer your entertainment of the anaesthetic variety (commercial rubbish), want to be told what to think (dramatic ends where all the plot wraps up neatly), and are only willing to feel emotion when a Hollywood Director manipulates your tear glands for you without you thinking, then steer clear. But if you believe Cinema is Art, and all art should describe the human condition, then Rosetta is a masterpiece.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(37)tedious boring film
By a customer , 02 Mar 2013The main object of a film is to entertain. This didn't. Slow moving and repetitive. Frankly it was boring. Also did the director run out of money. Film ended abruptly for no particular reason.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Realism in Europe
By gmcreviews (1 review) , 16 Jul 2012Rosetta is a teenager living on a caravan park with her alcoholic mother in an industrial Belguim town. Using a single hand held shaky camera the viewer follows a bedraggled and shabbily dressed Rosseta around on her turbulent daily life. A routine which consists primarily of the search for a job. While Rosseta is either working or searching for employment in order to keep her meager existence afloat, her mother stays at home and prefers to earn money, alchohol and favours with the caravan site keeper.
A young waffle vendor has taken Rosseta into his affections and shows her some real tenderness and kindness whilst avoiding judgement. Rosseta eventually takes adavantage of his kindness in order to gain steady employment.
This is a tremendous film by the Dardennes, a bleak backdrop fits perfectly with the fabric of Rosseta's life. A symbolically powerful picture which takes the viewer on an observational journey of a Europe that doesn't seem grand or prosperous but that very much exists behind the factories and the consumerism.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Don't watch this if you are already feeling sad!
By Bobsview (549 reviews) from Gloucestershire , 29 Apr 2012A grim and bleak story about a poor but determined young girl who tries to break out from the desperate poverty trap that her mother has landed her into. Very low budget film shot in the hand held camera Blair Witch style. By the end of the film you feel sea sick. There is little dialogue and many scenes are very repetitive. Yes the film is gritty and hard hitting in its portrayal of how the capitalist system conspires against the have nots. But this film is so devoid of charm and so lacking in any joy or fun whatsoever that you could never say that you enjoyed it. I know you are not supposed to but there are limits. Just one smile would have been nice. The film lacks any proper ending or conclusion. A good film to accompany topping yourself maybe!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Don't wait for an ending.
By Onlyests (57 reviews) , 20 Jan 2012I think this is a really good movie but the style / technique of how to build a story to the end is a bit dated and feels a bit old. It's okay, and well acted. But I think the way the story unfolds is a little contrived by today's standards.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Very disappointing
By a customer from england , 05 Aug 2011I was expecting a French 'Ken Loach' sort of movie, which is how this film's been reviewed since it first came out. It isn't at all. The directors seem to be taking pleasure in telling the story of this young woman living in hell. It's impossible to get attached to her character (and the other ones, for that matter) because there's no insight into her feelings, no depth. Like my partner said, it's almost voyeuristic. Very intellectualised. I wouldn't say it was a complete waste to watch but watching it didn't move anything in me.- Was this review helpful to you?
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