---
title: 'Madame Rosa (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Moshé Mizrahi'
released: '1977-11-02'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/madame-rosa-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076348/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Madame Rosa (1977)

1977 · 105 min · Drama · France

Original title: La Vie devant soi

## Synopsis

Madame Rosa is a 1977 French drama film directed by Moshé Mizrahi, adapted from the 1975 novel The Life Before Us by Romain Gary. It stars Simone Signoret and Samy Ben-Youb, and tells the story of an elderly Jewish woman and former prostitute in Paris who cares for a number of children, including an adolescent Algerian boy. The film required a transformation in Signoret's appearance as Madame Rosa.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Moshé Mizrahi](https://cinepixo.com/people/moshe-mizrahi)
- **Screenplay:** [Moshé Mizrahi](https://cinepixo.com/people/moshe-mizrahi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-sarde)
- **Producer:** [Ralph Baum](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-baum)
- **Director of Photography:** [Néstor Almendros](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-almendros)
- **Editor:** [Sophie Coussein](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-coussein)

## Cast

- [Simone Signoret](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-signoret)
- [Mohamed Zinet](https://cinepixo.com/people/mohamed-zinet)
- [Costa-Gavras](https://cinepixo.com/people/costa-gavras)
- [Gabriel Jabbour](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-jabbour)
- [Geneviève Fontanel](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-fontanel)
- [Ibrahim Seck](https://cinepixo.com/people/ibrahim-seck)
- [Théo Légitimus](https://cinepixo.com/people/theo-legitimus)
- [Claude Dauphin](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-dauphin)
- [Michal Bat-Adam](https://cinepixo.com/people/michal-bat-adam)
- [Bernard Lajarrige](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-lajarrige)
- [Abder El Kebir](https://cinepixo.com/people/abder-el-kebir)

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