Oscar et la Dame Rose (2009)
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Photo © Alliance Vivafilm
Ten-year-old Oscar, a patient in a children's hospital, suffers not only from a terminal cancer but also from the way grown-ups treat him: his parents, struggling to control their grief, try to hold up by never mentioning the hopeless situation, while the medical staff and his class teacher force themselves to laugh at the various pranks Oscar pulls in the hopes of provoking a reaction. One day, as he wanders around the hospital corridors after overhearing a conversation between his parents and his doctor, he bumps into a forty-year-old woman, dressed in pink, a former wrestler who vehemently scolds him. He immediately develops an unconditional friendship toward this woman, and demands her presence from the doctor. The latter then makes a deal with the ex-wrestler, whose only motivation for being in the hospital is the home-made pizzas she sells: the doctor will buy her specialties, and in exchange, she must spend Oscar's final days with him. Reluctant at first, the lady in pink slowly bonds with the dying boy, helping him accept the inexorable degeneration of his health and forgive his parents, all the while discovering her own capacity for love and compassion. Adapted by French author Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt from his novel, Oscar et la dame rose is a France-Belgium-Canada co-production.
105 minutes - Drama
Opening date: February 26, 2010
Canadian Distributor: Alliance Vivafilm
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MAIN CAST:
Michle Laroque
Amir Ben Abdelmoumen
Max von Sydow
Amira Casar
Mylne Demongeot
Constance Dollé
Jerome Kircher
Benoît Brière
Mathilde Goffart
Thierry Neuvic
Mylène Demongeot
Bruno Metzger
Israel Catherine
Eric Remi
Jonas Wertz
Martin Nissen
Stephanie Crayencour
William Kerbusch
Real Sielle
Simone-Elise Girard
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Philippe Godeau
Bruno Metzger
Olivier Rausin
Daniel Louis
Denise Robert
Jean-Yves Asselin
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Virginie Saint-Martin
Philippe Bourgueil
Michel Legrande
Frederic Vercheval
Rose
Oscar
Dr Düsseldorf
Mme Gommette
Lily
Oscar's mother
Oscar's father
Announcer
Peggy Blue
Victor
Lily, Rose's mother
Peggy's father
Peggy's mother
Pop Corn
Einstein
Bacon
Rose's daughter
Rose's son
Priest
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