Rosine

Rosine

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 18, 1995

A young teenaged girl tries to get affection from her cold-hearted mother in this gentle French drama. 14-year old Rosine lives somewhere in northern France where the cold rain continually falls. It is a metaphor for her life. Her mother Marie had her when she was only 16 and now wants little to do with her. She spends most of her nights out on the town. Rosine hungers for her mother's love. She is almost obsessed with getting it. She is frustrated because she never does. One day Pierre, her father shows up from the blue and Mare gladly takes him in. Rosine is a good sport and likes that he takes an interest in her. The brief respite from gloom doesn't last as Pierre soon begins to beat Marie and eventually rapes Rosine. The traumatized girl tries to get her mother to admit the incident, to pay attention to the hurting child, but Marie just doesn't care. Marie has no choice but to run away from home and make her own way.

Rosine

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 18, 1995

Rosine
A young teenaged girl tries to get affection from her cold-hearted mother in this gentle French drama. 14-year old Rosine lives somewhere in northern France where the cold rain continually falls. It is a metaphor for her life. Her mother Marie had her when she was only 16 and now wants little to do with her. She spends most of her nights out on the town. Rosine hungers for her mother's love. She is almost obsessed with getting it. She is frustrated because she never does. One day Pierre, her father shows up from the blue and Mare gladly takes him in. Rosine is a good sport and likes that he takes an interest in her. The brief respite from gloom doesn't last as Pierre soon begins to beat Marie and eventually rapes Rosine. The traumatized girl tries to get her mother to admit the incident, to pay attention to the hurting child, but Marie just doesn't care. Marie has no choice but to run away from home and make her own way.
Producers Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Les Films Alain Sarde, La Sept Cinéma, La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma, Bernard Verley Films
Original title Rosine
Directors Brice Cauvin, Christine Carrière
Writers Christine Carrière, Jean Aurel

Cast

Eloïse Charretier

as Rosine

Mathilde Seigner

as Marie

Laurent Olmedo

as Pierre

Christine Murillo

as Chantal

Aurélie Vérillon

as Yasmina

Louis Queste

as Armand

Maïté Maillé

as Francine

Thomas Mollet

as André

Alexandre Jouglet

as Young boy

Jacques Mazeran

as Teacher

Jacques-Anthony Vienne

as Priest Jacques (as Anthony Vienne)

Dominique Tissot

as Michel

André Linder

as Photographer

Fatima Tebiche

as Yasmina's mother

Bruno Cuvelier

as MC at the dancing

Pascal Fournier

as Francine's friend

Michel Choqueriaux

as Francine's friend

Joël Sauvage

as Pierre's friend

Laurent Lambert

as Waiter at Picpain

Guy Krol

as Violent father

Serge Gasperowicz

as Violent father's son