Rosetta (1999)

Film

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Figures

Objects & symbols

The recurring motif of the stomach ache and Rosetta's dysfunctional relationship with her alcoholic mother.

Form & technique

The final scene where Riquet confronts Rosetta, and she breaks down crying. → The Face of the Other
The scene of Rosetta poaching fish in a muddy puddle with a plastic bottle.

Tropes

The restless, over-the-shoulder Steadicam work that follows Rosetta. → Haptic Visuality
Rosetta's mantra, "You have a job, I have a job. You have a normal life, I have a normal life." → The Enterprise of the Self
Rosetta's physical actions: running, wrestling with her mother, dragging a heavy gas canister.
The act of betrayal when Rosetta rats out Riquet to get his job.
The film's 1999 Palme d'Or win at Cannes and the subsequent passing of the 'Rosetta Law' in Belgium.