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 favorite, 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.

Tags:

Actors - Crew

Simone Signoret
Madame Rosa

Michal Bat-Adam
Nadine

Gabriel Jabbour
M. Hamil

Mohamed Zinet
Kadir Youssef

Costa-Gavras
Le docteur Ramon

Samy Ben-Youb
Momo

Moshé Mizrahi
Director

Corinne Lazare
Assistant Editor

Romain Gary
Novel

Philippe Sarde
Music

Dabket Loubna
Music

Raymond Danon
Supervising Producer

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