ROSALIE

In 1870s France, Rosalie is a young woman unlike any other, she hides a secret. She was born with a face and body covered in hair. She’s concealed her peculiarity all her life to stay safe, shaving to fi tin. Until Abel, an indebted bar owner unaware of her secret, marries her for her dowry. Rosalie’s only wish is to be truly seen as the woman she is despite a difference she no longer wishes to hide. By letting her beard grow, she will finally set herself free. While she desires Abel to love her as she is, others will seek to reduce her to a monster. Will Abel be able to love her? Will she survive the cruelty of others?

Gaumont

• Review of ‘Rosalie’, an exquisite fable that is easy to enjoy – The magnificent Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Benoît Magimel star in this drama set in 19th–century France about a bearded woman who hides her oddity and her shocked husband when he discovers it.
  Fotogramas
  (translation from Spanish Rotten Tomatoes)

• Rosalie is a poignant, beautiful film which challenges our notions of beauty and love. There are tremendous performances from both Tereszkiewicz and Magimel in this emotive tale and Di Giusto’s skilful direction of them adds to the charming essence of the film. Rosalie was perhaps too progressive for her time but the film will raise many questions about femininity and societal constructs and the obsession with hair removal. Films such as Rosalie leave that lingering message that inclusivity and acceptance are important aspects of being human and that continuous improvement is still required within modern day society in that battle for equality.
  Movie Marker

• Rosalie offers a very watchable, offbeat slice of period drama (…) thanks to the charismatic lead performances from Nadia Tereszkiewicz as Rosalie and Benoît Magimel as her husband, Abel, this is eminently exportable — except perhaps to red states that can’t cope with anything that smells even vaguely of drag.
  The Hollywood Reporter

• Rosalie is a knotty and fascinating watch, using Clémentine’s true story — she really did run a café and sell pictures of herself — as groundwork for a more complex take on desire, shame, and the fragility of gender performance.
  The Popcorn Muncher
  

• New Zealand French Film Festival(2024)
• Miami Film Festival (2024)
• Belgrade International FF – Competition 2024
• Cannes FF – Un certain regard (2023)
• Angoulême Francophone FF (3023)

• Cannes FF –2023 Nominee Un Certain Regard – Award/ 2023 Nominee Queer Palm – S.Di Giusto
  
• Stockholm FF –2023 Nominee Bronze Horse Best Film – S. Di Giusto
  
• FEST International FF (Belgrade) – 2024 Nominee Merlinka Queer Film Award Best Film – S.Di Giusto
• Festival du film francophone d’Angoulême – 2023 Winner Valois –Best Actress – Nadia Tereszkiewicz
• 2023 Winner Valois Best Music – Hania Ran