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Rose (2012)

Rose poster
Directed by
Kemal Yıldırım
Genre
drama film, crime film, exploitation film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A drug addict and prostitute named Rose struggles to raise her young daughter Ellie. The film follows her difficult daily life as a single mother in harsh circumstances.

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What happens

Rose is a 2012 British thriller film directed by Kemal Yildirim. The film premiered on 15 May 2012 at the London Independent Film Festival and was released on DVD on 20 May 2014 in the United States with other territories to follow. The film stars Helen Clifford as Rose, a drug addict and prostitute trying to raise her daughter Ellie, and is based upon Yildirim's 2008 short film by the same name, which screened at Cannes, and resulted in his being encouraged to expand the short into a feature film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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