La Vie Devant Soi (Madame Rosa) (A Life Ahead)

La Vie Devant Soi (Madame Rosa) (A Life Ahead) (1977)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (415 ratings)

Madame Rosa (Simone Signoret) is an aging former prostitute who, in her dotage, makes a living by caring for the children of other prostitutes in Paris' Arab community. Haunted by memories of her experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, Rosa is seized with the notion that the Gestapo is still after… More

PG, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Moshé Mizrahi
Written By
Moshé Mizrahi, Romain Gary
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 19, 1978 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    This melodrama, which won Foreign Language Oscar, about an aging prostitute taking care of children, is mediocre, but Simone Signoret gives a dominant, utterly compelling performance.

  • Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

    Signoret is absolutely wonderful.

  • Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)

    Mawkish as hell, but Signoret redeems much of it.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    A fine film celebrating the beauty of the human spirit.

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