Madame Rosa

In the Belleville district, aging Holocaust survivor and former streetwalker Madame Rosa (Simone Signoret) now boards the children of prostitutes-and offers surprisingly special care to the Algerian Momo (Samy Ben-Youb), whom she ensures Muslim instruction. Her bond with this problematic charge gets tested by her own declining health, in this Foreign Language Film Oscar-winner from France. Michal Bat-Adam, Claude Dauphin, Costa-Gavras also star. 105 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French; Subtitles: English; audio commentary. In French with English subtitles.