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Rosalie

2023 1h 55m Drama List
77% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 60% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings
France, 1870s. Rosalie is a young woman unlike any other. She hides a secret: she was born with a face and body covered in hair. She's concealed her peculiarity all her life to stay safe, shaving to fit in. Until Abel, an indebted bar owner unaware of her secret, marries Rosalie for her dowry. Will Abel be able to love Rosalie and see her as the woman she is, once he finds out the truth? Read More Read Less

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Donald Clarke Irish Times Tereszkiewicz and Magimel give us a pair without the language to negotiate emotional crises that contemporaneous society would prefer to keep repressed. The final catharsis is moving and plausible. Rural life is represented with some elegance. Rated: 3/5 Jul 13, 2024 Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) It’s watchable enough, but a cursory screenplay lets the film down, and Rosalie’s arc from shaven shame to hairy defiance never fully persuades. Rated: 3/5 Jun 10, 2024 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) The performances are sharp and the shooting style grand, but the fact the story ends on a whopping false note signifies how far off-piste it’s drifted by then. Rated: 2/5 Jun 7, 2024 Full Review Tom Beasley The Popcorn Muncher (Substack) Rosalie is a knotty and fascinating watch, using Clémentine’s true story — she really did run a café and sell pictures of herself — as groundwork for a more complex take on desire, shame, and the fragility of gender performance. Jun 8, 2024 Full Review Latoya Austin Movie Marker Rosalie is a powerfully beautiful depiction of pain, suffering, societal prejudice and hope meshed together in this emotional period drama Rated: 4/5 Jun 7, 2024 Full Review Antonio Trashorras Fotogramas Formally and stylistically delicate, Stéphanie Di Giusto is a talented filmmaker who likes to look at the past without delving too deeply into potentially disruptive nuances within a contemporary framework... [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Apr 22, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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adrian b I thought it was a beautiful and extremely moving film, best foreign film I've seen in a long time. Not to be missed, though I'm sure that unfortunately it will be. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis France, 1870s. Rosalie is a young woman unlike any other. She hides a secret: she was born with a face and body covered in hair. She's concealed her peculiarity all her life to stay safe, shaving to fit in. Until Abel, an indebted bar owner unaware of her secret, marries Rosalie for her dowry. Will Abel be able to love Rosalie and see her as the woman she is, once he finds out the truth?
Director
Stéphanie Di Giusto
Screenwriter
Sandrine Le Coustumer, Stéphanie Di Giusto, Alexandra Echkenazi
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 55m