Foreign Film: Madame Rosa

Simone Signoret turns in a tour de force performance as a former Jewish prostitute, and Holocaust survivor, living in Paris who now runs a foster home. Her favorite resident is an abandoned Muslim boy from Algeria, who attempts to help Rosa when she gets into a financial bind. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. 1977. 105 min. PG (mature themes). In French with English subtitles. Hosted by Irv Slifkin. No registration required.