Madame Rosa is a 1977 French film adaption of the novel The Life Before Us , authored by Romain Gary under the pseudonym of Émile Ajar. Through his double identity, Gary, who had already received the Prix Goncourt in 1956 for Les Racines du ciel, received it again, in 1975 for La vie devant soi, becoming the first writer to be twice attributed the highly coveted award. The film adaptation was directed by Moshé Mizrahi and produced by Daniel Pomerantz. Madame Rosa is a frail, aging, retired Jewish prostitute and Auschwitz survivor who earns a meager living by caring for the... children of younger female sex workers, as well as for Momo , a young Arab boy on the verge of adolescence. Momo hasn't seen his parents in years. He and Madame Rosa struggle to make ends meet, and as her body and mind start to fail, it becomes clear that Momo is the only person she has left in the world. Despite his young age, he has to help Madame Rosa who refuses to be hospitalized. He will stay with her as she faces her ultimate fears and prepares for her last and most difficult voyage.
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| Release date: | November 2, 1977 |
| Directed by: | Moshé Mizrahi |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Screenplay by: | Moshé Mizrahi |
| Adapted from: | The Life Before Us |