Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 2, 1977
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- France
- Cast
- Samy Ben-Youb,Elio Bencoil,El Kebim,Gabriel Jabbour,Nadia Samir,Michal Bat-Adam,Costa-Gavras,Bernard Lajarrige,Elisabeth Margoni,Mohamed Zinetand 6 more
- Director
- Moshé Mizrahi
- Writer
- Moshé Mizrahi,Romain Gary
- Producer
- Ralph Baum,Jean Bolvary
- Cinematography
- Néstor Almendros
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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