The Rose Seller (1998)
The Rose Seller (1998)
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 10000 Kbps | 115 min | 7,92 Gb
Audio: Spanish E-AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English, Spanish, Portuguese-Br
Genre: Crime, Drama
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 10000 Kbps | 115 min | 7,92 Gb
Audio: Spanish E-AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English, Spanish, Portuguese-Br
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director: Víctor Gaviria
Stars: Leidy María 'Lady' Tabares, Marta Correa, Mileider Gil
Monica is 13 years old and has already created her own world, on the street, where she fights courageously to defend what little she has: her friends, her boyfriend, who sells drugs, and her dignity and pride that makes no concessions to anyone. On Christmas night, like every night, she sells roses to make a living. But life brings her a new appointment with loneliness, poverty, drugs and death.
IMDB - 14 wins
This is not a movie to entertain, it is meant to open the viewer's eyes to the "invisible" world of homeless children in Latin America. This is more a documentary than a film but the plot, based loosely on Han Christian Anderson's "The Match Stick Girl," is strong and compelling. Painful to watch at times, it is meant to be disturbing. Which is why I can say it I liked it and I recommend it, even though it haunted me and robbed me of sleep and I don't believe I will ever see it again.
These young people survive in the streets with no supervision and no one to provide for them, yet they are still going through the same tumultuous problems of the average teen; boyfriend-girlfriend troubles, gossip, friendship betrayal, and so on…and they cope with all their problems by sniffing glue. With the effects of the glue showing itself in these children one scene after the other it can seem to be too much as the plot begins to come together.
It is my understanding that the majority of the children were not actors but real street kids, and although the plot was scripted by the filmmaker the children were just being themselves, showing us a voyeuristic peek into their lives. And on a more disturbing note; none of these children have survived the street.
This incredible film is a must see for anyone interested in film as more than entertainment.
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The Rose Seller (1998)
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