Benoît Magimel marries the bearded lady Rosalie (trailer)
Nadia Tereszkiewicz embodies this strong woman, embracing her atypical characteristics and standing up against a regressive society.
In the France of 1870, Rosalie, a young woman like any other, hides a dark secret. It is her marriage to Abel that causes Rosalie’s concern. To save his debts, Abel marries Rosalie without suspecting his hairiness. In fact, since birth, his face and body have been covered in hair. The young woman is fully aware that this difference can quickly propel her to the rank of “Circus freak“.
Despite this, Rosalie seeks to be considered like other women and does not hesitate to expose her otherness to attract the most customers to Abel’s café. Let’s see if Abel will manage to deal with this. The gaze of others weighs on this couple…
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This film is an ode to feminism, particularly for its period when the demands placed on women were relentless. Rosalie rises up and claims her difference, within a society accustomed to corseting women.
The director Stephanie Di Giusto (The dancer), brings together the cast of this revolutionary project Nadia Tereszkiewicz (My Crime, The Almond Trees), Benoit Magimel (The Passion of Dodin Bouffant, See Paris again), Benjamin Biolay And Guillaume Gouix.
Rosalie will come out April 10, 2024 in theaters.
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