"Come back to my office!" "Come back!" " You said I was always late?" " That's not the point." " Did you?" " I said it was because of the bus..." "Never mind..." "In my office!" " Why did you say she said it?" " That's not why you're fired." "I work well or not?" " So why should I go?" " Because your trial period is over." " Why me if I work well?" " Your trial period is over." "Change and come back to my office." "Stop it!" "Get out or I call..." "Calm down!" "Open up, miss!" " Get out!" " You have no right!" "I work well, everybody says so!" "Open the door or I'll force it!" "Enough now!" "Let go of me!" "Shut up!" "Any mail?" "There's a fox roaming around." "Keep your food inside." "Why are you planting these?" "We're not staying here." "What's that?" "It's not me." "I hate Martini." " How did the cap get here?" " I don't know." "You stink of beer." "He brings you booze, so he can fuck you?" "It's not true!" "I'm your mother, watch your mouth!" "Swear it's not true!" "Swear it!" "That's my basin." " Leave me alone." " Go sober up." "Where did you get that?" " Where?" " I got it." " From him?" " From where I got the clothes." " Beggar!" " It's a gift!" " Turn it down!" " I take the clothes..." "Clothes are different." "You mend them, I sell them." "Throw it away." "We're not beggars." "Neither this one." " No." " Why not?" "They're summer clothes." "The dress, yes." "That's it." "That's 450." " You don't need a saleswoman?" " Not for the moment." "Thanks." ""Grand Canyon" that's your address?" "It's a café?" "A roundabout?" "A roundabout." "I can't write you down as unemployed." " I worked." " Not long enough." "Go to counter 8, you might apply for welfare." "Why not take these?" "Summer dresses, I got plenty of them." " 500." " It's too much." "State your price." "400." "300." "350." "OK for 350." "A waffle and 6 beers." "3 regular, 3 light." "You took over from the girl?" "Hi." "No problems?" "I leave 2000 in the till." "Sir!" "Do you need anyone to sell waffles?" "No." "Or anything else?" "Not for the time being, sorry." "What did you want to tell him?" "You're looking for work?" "Give me some water." " When I had that..." " I don't care." " Let me tell you..." " You told me already." "I'm not you." "Help me, lift it." " It's not 6 yet." " So what, you're there." "I'm here because I'm fired, not so that you can drink." "Give it back!" "Give it." "You only drink and fuck." "Let me drink just one." "Get out!" " Why do you bring her booze?" " Just a glass." "You know she's trying to stop." " Give it back!" " Leave her!" "You owe me 120 francs!" "Go to the brothel if you wanna fuck!" "My mother's not a whore!" "Leave her!" "Who told you I live here?" "There's work." "My boss fired someone." "Now you add two litres of water." "There's a measure underneath, take it." "Hold it this way, and mind the pressure." "Some more." "That's it." "You pour." "No, back where you took it." "100 kilos of flour, 4 bags." "I show you how to carry them." "Slide it on to your knee, hold it like that." "Put it over the kneading-machine." "Open on the side of the long string." "Turn while you pour." "Turn while you pour." "And come back." "We'll add eggs, 200." "6 boxes, 20 eggs." "You do the last 3 bags." "You forgot to stamp the C4." "Did I?" "The welfare officer said if my absence is justified you can't fire me." "It's not." " You know my baby's sick." " Not 10 times a month!" "It's stuck under the wheel." "That's it." " Anyone here?" " Coming!" "Wanna go for a drink?" "I close at 4.30." "See you tomorrow." "Look." "It's nice." "You bring it?" "Tell him he can't cut off the water without warning." "Get out." "My 500." "The receipt." "The water first." " You pay, I turn it on." " I pay for the rent, not for the water." " I don't see the difference." " I do." "Comb your hair." "Get up." "And put your shoes on." "Where's your I.D.?" "Not in your case?" "I don't want to go!" "Leave me alone!" "Come on." "It's the only way out of it." "They'll look after you." "I don't want out of it." "Come along." "When you come back, I'll buy you a sewing machine." "How much is a second-hand one?" "Mummy!" "Its' full of mud!" "Mummy, it's full of mud!" "Come in!" " How did you find me?" " I asked the boss." "You can do the cooking here." "There's water." "There's room for a convector." " She won't charge a lot." " How much?" "Less than I pay." "Under 5000." "There's a shower." "A bit broken down, I could fix it." " Could I have the boots?" " Where?" "Underneath." "You bake waffles?" "It's just a waffle iron I'm fixing." " Care for a beer?" " Water." "Give me the boots." "You won this?" "I was a floor gymnastics champion." "A provincial champion." "Wait!" "You've been doing it for a while?" " Doing what?" " Your swindle with the waffles." "Since the beginning." "When you came behind the stand, what did you want?" "Nothing." "Just look at you working." "Another drink?" "A beer." "More French toasts?" "Thanks." "What music do you like?" "What kind?" "Don't know." "Any kind." "Want to hear me playing drums?" "It's stuff I play." "I record myself to improve." "You're in a band?" "I'm a beginner." "I'm training on a friend's drums." "You play any instrument?" "It's bad." "If you're bored, I stop." "That's the only thing I do nearly well." "Same thing, but with the band." "Not bad, eh?" " Wanna dance?" " I can't dance." "Doesn't matter." "Come on!" "Come, it's easy!" "Hold my hand." "Keep your arm straight." "Wait." "That's where I fuck up." "Look at my feet." "Those are the basic steps." "What's wrong?" "Wait, what is it?" "I forgot the boots." "You want me to take you back?" "I don't want to sleep at the caravan." "Good night." "Your name is Rosetta." "My name is Rosetta." "You found a job." "I found a job." "You've got a friend." "I've got a friend." "You have a normal life." "I have a normal life." "You won't fall in the rut." "I won't fall in the rut." "Good night." "Good night." "Instead of me?" "Just for a while." "Where will I go?" "As soon as I can, I'll take you back." "But I have nothing right now." "Where are you going?" "Why do you take my job?" "Calm down!" "He can go to another school." "It's my job, you have no right!" "I'm the boss, calm down!" "OK?" "Calm down!" "Stand up you lump." "How can I make it clearer?" "I've been here 3 days only, you have no right." "I'd rather keep you than have a useless son..." "He's useless, he gets the job, and I'm in the rut..." "Give me that bag!" "I'll pay your notice and..." " I don't care, I'm staying!" " It's just for a few weeks and then..." "I want to stay, I want a job, a normal life, like yours." "Enough now, give the bag!" "Give me that bag!" "Give it!" "No, I'm sorry." "And later on?" "And for a trial period?" "We already have a waiting list." "If you need help, you can talk to me." " I'm looking for work." " We only hire long-term unemployed." "And to clean the offices?" "Volunteers do that." "Sorry." "Goodbye." "Thank you." " Here." " Thank you." "Maybe his son will hate it." "He could take you as a saleswoman." "He's got 12 stands." "A waffle, please." "Forty." "Here, my forty." "Forget it." "I'm going." "See you tomorrow." " Wait!" " My bus is here." "Wait!" "You come to my place tonight?" "You want me to drop by the caravan?" " What you said is still on?" " What?" " You'll hire me if there's a vacancy?" " Yes, but it's green." "But will you?" "I don't know, I can't say in advance." "The entrance is on the other side." "What do you want?" "If you need money, I can lend you some." " There's no need." " And what about the flat?" "I don't care about the flat." "What are you doing?" "I thought it was the janitor." "I threw my strings." " Your what?" " My strings, with my traps." "I've got one." "Give it to me." "Give me your hand." "I'm sinking!" "Rosetta!" "I'm sinking!" "Catch it!" "Quick, I'm sinking!" "Pull." "I slipped." "Wring it more." "If you want, you can dry at the caravan." "No, I'll go home and change." " You didn't see me?" " I thought it was closed." "You want some coffee?" "Come." "You come?" "Come in." "It's warm, it will do you good." "Here." "You could bake my waffles for me." "I sell ten of those a day, it's around 15 000 a month." "You'd have a job." "Moonlighting's not a job." "It's better than nothing." " You're open?" " In five minutes!" "I take nothing, you keep it all." "You want it or not?" "No, I want a real job." "Is the boss here?" "Yes, in the back, in his office." "I come to see if you have any news." "It's too early." "I said I'd write, I have your address." "I gave you my old address." "OK, give me the new one." " Grand Canyon." " The camping?" "252, Route de Marche." "Riquet, he's swindling you." "What?" "He sells waffles he makes himself." " How?" " He's got a waffle iron at home." " How do you know?" " I saw it." "The waffles are under the counter." " If I come, he'll know I said it." " He'll know anyway." "Hi, boss." " Where are they?" " What?" "Don't fuck around." "Where are they?" "Your waffles, where are they?" "Over there." "What's that?" "Why did you do it?" "Give your apron back." "Come on!" "Give it back!" "Pick it up." "You owe me three days." "You owe me three days!" "I said pick it up!" "Give me my three days!" "Piss off, you shitty little thief!" "Piss off!" "Here, put it on." "Let me go!" "Why did you do it?" "Come on, hit me!" "Why did you?" "To have a job." "Let me through." "When you fell into the water, I didn't want you out!" "You helped me anyway!" "Let me through." "Here you go." "Forty francs." "Have a nice day." " A waffle and an ice-tea." " Right away." "Seventy-five." " Two waffles, please." " Right away." "Thank you, goodbye." "Eighty." "Thank you." "A waffle." "A beer." "Could I have a waffle, please?" "Here." "Forty francs." "Thank you, goodbye." " Two beers please." " Right away." " Here." " Thank you." "Thanks, goodbye." "Help me." "Sit down." "Is the boss there?" "It's Rosetta." "I won't come to work anymore." "A gas bottle." "It's so hard, just a moment..." "A kiss for my relatives who'll all be watching this on TV." "I love them." "Also a kiss for Mum, Dad, and Audrey and all the others." "Millions of them." "And then..." "And then I'd like to thank the two brothers." "Especially them for giving me this chance." "They are geniuses." "And I also want to thank the crew." "And Adeline and Manu, and my aunt." "Without her I wouldn't have been here." "Palme d'Or:" "Rosetta by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne." "I'll try and be as simple as the film we've made." "Thank you for having loved Rosetta." "Equally simply, but at a bit more length..." "I thank the producers Michèle and Laurent Pétin." "I'd like to thank Rosetta, Emilie Dequenne." "Fabrizio Rongione who played Riquet and all the others." "When La Promesse came out, we met brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne." "They have special views about film making." "We wanted to film with a broad brush, not a fine brush." "We wanted to work with wide sweeps." "We avoid deliberate movie-making." "We film without cinematographic effects." "Quite natural." "As if the camera just happened to be there, following the action." "The camera takes the point of view of the young man." "It is his journey of initiation." "So the camera looks through his eyes." "We stay with him... and we are made aware of the mystery of his developing conscioussness... and of what goes on in his mind and his body." "So we're always very close to the character, close to him." "Is it serious?" "No, the ventilator got disconnected." "It works." "And I'll fill up the water." "What do I owe you?" "Oh, it was nothing." "All jobs deserve payment." "Oh that's OK, madam." "But I can't find my purse." "I had it just now in the post office." "Maybe you left it there?" " No, I paid for shopping afterwards." "Maybe in the parking lot?" "Why did you make this film?" "Is there a message?" "We made it because we wanted to." "And right from the start it seemed a scenario just made for us." "On the one hand, the film tells a story and in that way it is fiction." "But we hope it also documents an era." "It is an accusation of a kind." "But I think that in the denunciation... it communicates to the viewer by speaking to him and moving him... the revolt of this young man." "Anything you'd like to add?" "No comment." "The Palme d'Or:" "Rosetta by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne." "Rosetta, their next film, had to keep the promise of La Promesse." "In 1999, the jury in Cannes, chaired by David Cronenberg... awarded, to everyone's surprise... the prize for best actress to Emilie Dequenne in Rosetta... and to the film itself the highest award, the Palme d'Or." "With Bruno Dumont's L'Humanité and Rosetta... realism established itself in Cannes... risking the criticism of spectators and reviewers." "Three years after La Promesse we asked the brothers Dardenne... if they still work the same way." "Soon after, we wanted to make a film about a young woman." "This film was going to be different from La Promesse." "ln La Promesse there was a story... about a man caught between his father and an African woman." "But here, we wanted the person to be the story." "She moves the action forward... but the character does not move in a pre-existing story." "That was a kind of theory we set out when we started writing." "There was another constraint right from the start." "And it grew upon us as we were filming." "When we say in the mise en scene that we follow the character... we take that literally." "Come to my office." "Back to the office, I tell you." "Did you say I was often late?" "That's not it." "Did you or not?" "Twice the bus made you late." "Just come to my office." " Why did you say that?" "That's not why you were sacked." " Don't I work well?" "Your trial period is over." "Don't I work well?" "It's because your trial period is over." "Get changed." "Then come and see me." "An actress who is not a professional." "The decors you use are real interiors." "How close do you get to reality?" "Is Rosetta fiction or documentary?" "What kind of reality is it, since it is still cinema?" "It's the problem of the romantic..." "I'm not sure about that." "We haven't wanted to be romantic film makers." "We have tried to film a human being." "A person who speaks directly to the viewers." "There's no intermediary between the eye of the spectator facing the screen... and the person on the screen, her face, body, shoulders, arms and legs." "We wanted to have as little intervention as possible." "It had to be an almost physical relationship." "The person in the cinema departs together with Rosetta." "She grabs him by the collar and at the end sits him down again." "Saying: now you sort it out!" "Even in the film itself she rejects the viewer." "He sets out with Rosetta and sympathises with the poor girl... but then she does things he can't identify with." "Normally he is expected to understand what goes on, and not to pass judgment." "It's all mixed with the enjoyment... because without enjoyment there are no esthetics." "We got a lot of enjoyment out of filming Rosetta." "And we hope the viewers enjoy seeing what happens to her." "How she copes." "But what happens to her?" "In La Promesse we saw a young man, the adolescent called Igor, I think... who was a youngster becoming part of mankind." "There was the hope of something, there was an awakening." "Does the same thing happen in Rosetta?" "What happens to her?" "Rosetta is this girl who is at war." "She attacks a fortress, wanting to enter it." "And that fortress is society." "She herself is walled in by it." "She looks around, but sees nothing." "She doesn't see Riquet... the guy with the Mobylette." "And then the moment comes that she does see someone." "For ninety minutes she sees no one... because she feels no one sees her." "She feels there is no place for her and that she may disappear." "And then suddenly she feels someone animates her." "She sees him." "She never did that before." "She looked, but she didn't see." "That's it." "Rosetta is blind." "Blinded by the struggle she's in." "She is right in her struggle." "But she's blinded by it." "She's someone who learns to see." "Will Cannes change things for you?" "We could only tell you by making another film." "You will." "That's easier now." "Yes, but it's not only a financial problem." "Rosetta was a low-budget film." "But La Promesse made it possible for us to finance Rosetta." "Since it was made on such a small budget." "But it's also got to do with our energy." "It takes time." "We're not in a hurry." "We are not geniuses." "We work slowly." "We're no bright-ideas guys." "We work at a gentle pace, so we need time." "But it will happen." "Given time."