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Víctor Gaviria (writer)
Carlos Henao (writer)
Release Date:
25 August 1998 (Colombia) more
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13-year-old Monica leads a street life, making her living by selling flowers to couples in local nightspots... more | add synopsis
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14 wins & 3 nominations more
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A hard-core portrait of life in the streets of Medellin more (13 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lady Tabares | ... | Mónica | |
| Marta Correa | ... | Judy | |
| Mileider Gil | ... | Andrea | |
| Diana Murillo | ... | Cachetona | |
| Liliana Giraldo | ... | Claudia | |
| Yuli García | |||
| Álex Bedoya | ... | Milton | |
| Elkin Vargas | |||
| John Fredy Ríos | |||
| Robinson García | |||
| Giovanni Quiroz | ... | El Zarco | |
| Elkin Rodríguez | |||
| William Blandón | |||
| Wilder Arango | |||
| Duván Vásquez |
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The Rose Seller
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USA:116 min | Argentina:118 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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Of the cast of 17, nine have died violent deaths including the boy who played Monica's cheating boyfriend. more
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Chinga: What shoes for is there is no home? more
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If you get offended easily I don't recommend this movie. If you like your movies with happy endings, you shouldn't watch this film. In the tradition of "Pixote" and "Kids", "La vendedora de Rosas" shows the reality and (hallucinations) of children, who grow up in the street, survive in the street and die in the streets. It features an array of indigent pre-pubescent kids doing an insane amount of drugs, prostituting themselves and living with/killing each other. The movie features no real actors. All the kids are playing themselves. Today, Colombian media reported that one of the actresses featured in the movie was found dead. She is the second actor who has died since the movie was released. I like the movie because it presents reality as is. It doesn't pretend to give us solutions or even explain why those kids have live the way they do. It's unflinching and more real than anything committed to film before or since.