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Plot: 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 favori...( read more read more... )te, 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.

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  • Want To See
    MCT:
    December 4, 2008
    want to see this because it won best foreign-language film at the oscars and the LAFC, and was nominated for best foreign film at the golden globes and by NBR
  • Not Interested
    MCT:
    May 29, 2008
    Not Interested

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