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The Rose Seller
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.
| Release : | 1998 |
| Rating : | 7.4 |
| Studio : | Producciones Filmamento, |
| Crew : | Art Direction, Art Direction, |
| Cast : | Lady Tabares Marta Correa Mileider Gil Diana Murillo Liliana Giraldo |
| Genre : | Drama Crime |
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Reviews
Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
This film is by no means easy to watch. It depicts the true side of 3rd world poverty in the streets of Colombia. Most of the actors used on the film came from the streets of Medellin. It is a very raw and eye opening film. Most of the acting was not really acting at all but a day in the everyday life of these people. At least 8 of the actors were murdered shortly after the films release and the lead actress in prison for murder. For a glimpse of the true life in the streets of Medellin look no further. I gave this film an 8 out of 10 due mostly to the accuracy of the story it depicts. It is definitely not a film for the lighthearted.
La Vendedora de Rosas is a companion piece to Victor Gaviria's 1990 Rodrigo D:no futuro, about the lives of street boys from Medellin,Colombia. Vendedora focuses on girls equally affected by poverty, ignorance, abuse and neglect. It earns a place next to Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay and Hector Babenco's Pixote, excellent urban youth films in the tradition of Bunuel's Los Olvidados. Vendedora does not shy away from depicting the effects of drugs, violence, and family dysfunction while allowing for brief moments of tenderness and solidarity, even joy. Gaviria has enlisted street kids in enacting events from their daily lives, during 48 hours preceding Christmas. The film refuses to cheapen their plight with plot contrivances or stylistic flourishes. The spanish spoken is specific to the youth of Medellin, a welcome challenge to most native speakers. The fate of the characters evolves naturally from earlier scenes, without being predictable. I recommend La Vendedora de Rosas to anybody who considers film a window to the world of folks we wouldn't otherwise be able to access and an opportunity to understand it.
I did not like this movie because it shows in a cheap way, the suffering of the homeless, and the children who have to work in the worst circumstances to survive day by day. It would have been the best colombian movie in years, if it had left some space for personal recovery of us, the viewers.
A heart-breaking urban tale that makes optimal use of natural actors and improvisation, together with very basic photography,but doesn´t have any of the technical troubles of the director´s previous release, "Rodrigo D". It renders a very authentic look to city-living in Colombia, without misleading morals or boring social commentary. However, it´s lyricism sets it apart from any pretensions of "real" cinema.
