Madame Rosa (1977)
La vie devant soi (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Simone Signoret	...	Madame Rosa
	Michal Bat-Adam	...	Nadine
	Samy Ben-Youb	...	Momo
	Gabriel Jabbour	...	M. Hamil
	Geneviève Fontanel	...	Maryse
	Bernard La Jarrige	...	Louis Charmette - un retraité SNCF (as Bernard Lajarrige)
	Mohamed Zinet	...	Kadir Youssef
	Elio Bencoil	...	Moïse
	Stella Annicette	...	Madame Lola
	El Kebir	...	Mimoun
	Ibrahim Seck	...	N'Da Ameder
	Math Samba	...	Walloumba
	Claude Dauphin	...	Docteur Katz
	Théo Légitimus	...	M. Boro
	Nadia Samir

Storyline

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. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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