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Rosetta is a 17-year-old Italian girl who lives in a trailer park on the outskirts of the Belgian town of Seraing. Drowning in poverty and neglect, she is driven by a need that quickly becomes her singular obsession: securing a steady job and a normal life, but her single-mindedness may lead her to make a choice that she may not be prepared to accept.
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This film was the surprise winner of the Palm d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as a feature at the New York Film Festival. Written and directed by the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the movie examines the life of an impoverished young woman, played by Cannes Best Actress co-winner Emilie Dequenne, who is seeking to better herself. The filmmakers clearly intended to make a political statement regarding the plight of those living on the edge and to highlight…
