La vendedora de rosas (1998)

Directed by

Víctor Gaviria

Genre

drama film

Country

Colombia

Runtime

2h

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 152 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl sells roses on the streets of Medellín to survive. She and her friends face poverty, violence, and danger as they try to get by.

grimnaturalisticrawsadgroundedharshintimateslow-paceddesperate

What happens

The Rose Seller (Spanish: La vendedora de rosas) is a 1998 Colombian drama film directed by Víctor Gaviria and starring Lady Tabares. It is based both on Hans Christian Andersen's short story "The Little Match Girl" and on the life of Mónica Rodríguez, a girl the director met on the streets of Medellín and on whom he based the protagonist. The film premiered in 1998 and was part of the official selection of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It is considered one of the most important films of Colombian cinema and has become embedded in the country's popular culture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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