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.
Directed by Moshé Mizrahi
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Cast
Simone Signoret
Madame Rosa
Michal Bat-Adam
Nadine
Gabriel Jabbour
M. Hamil
Mohamed Zinet
Kadir Youssef
Costa-Gavras
Le docteur Ramon
Nadia Samir
Samy Ben-Youb
Momo
Bernard Lajarrige
Louis Charmette - un retraité SNCF
Geneviève Fontanel
Maryse
Renata Flores
Elisabeth Margoni
Claude Dauphin
Le docteur Katz
Elio Bencoil
Moïse
Stella Annicette
Madame Lola
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