Madame Rosa
La Vie devant soi (original)
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.
Starring Simone Signoret, Michal Bat-Adam, Samy Ben-Youb, Gabriel Jabbour, Geneviève Fontanel, Bernard Lajarrige, Mohamed Zinet, Elio Bencoil, Stella Annicette, El Kebim
Watch "Madame Rosa" on Kanopy released in 1977. It's a drama movie, and has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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