# Rosetta (1999)

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**Runtime**: 95 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
**Written by**: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
**Starring**: Émilie Dequenne, Olivier Gourmet, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Bernard Marbaix, Frédéric Bodson

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rosetta works two jobs to keep her mother and herself alive, then gets fired for sleeping on the shop floor. She steals a bike and a waffle iron to start over. The Dardennes’ handheld stare finds dignity in her stubborn, exhausted body.

**Mood tags**: gut-punch, raw

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