Rosetta(1999) (2024)

Mild. Focuses on a character with severe alcoholism . Themes & Analysis

Currently listed on Criterion Collection (spine #621). Parents Guide / Content Warning (IMDb) Rosetta(1999)

The film follows Rosetta (Émilie Dequenne), a determined, 18-year-old girl living in a filthy trailer park with her alcoholic mother . and trying to keep

The handheld camera work makes the audience feel close to the characters, similar to a documentary . Rosetta(1999)

She develops a tense friendship with Riquet (Fabrizio Rongione), a young man working at a waffle stand .

She is aggressively searching for, and trying to keep, a "normal" job to secure her independence and escape her poverty-stricken life .