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Rosetta

1999

A fierce, impulsive teenage girl sharing a trailer with her alcoholic mother is desperate for steady work and the ordinary, dignified life it might bring. Refusing all charity, she fights for a foothold by almost any means. The Dardennes' raw, Palme d'Or-winning drama.

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The Dardenne brothers' Belgian Palme d'Or winner about working-class life.

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Part of 10 Essential Belgian Films

This film is stop 5 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Belgium. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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