“Dreaming on a roof”

Rosie & MoussaMontreal Film Festival

Sep 5

Written By Dorothée van den Berghe

The director of Girl and My Queen Karo and the metro documentary 31 Haltes did an excellent job: the children's jury of the Montreal children's film festival just awarded Rosie & Moussa as best film. "I can't imagine a better compliment," laughs van den Berghe. "I had never directed a children's film before and it is always difficult for an adult to estimate whether something will appeal to children.” (BRUZZ)

All Quotes

“It’s easier to make a film from more of a distance”

“It’s easier to make a film from more of a distance”

“As a child I thought that all of Belgium looked like Matonge”

“As a child I thought that all of Belgium looked like Matonge”

“Dorothée van den Berghe's Moment”

“Dorothée van den Berghe's Moment”

“Ageing is pleasant, you learn from it”

“Ageing is pleasant, you learn from it”

“Like Rosie, I grew up with only a mother.”

“Like Rosie, I grew up with only a mother.”

“Dreaming on a roof”

“Dreaming on a roof”

“What would we have done without that tree?”

“What would we have done without that tree?”

“Fuck de rimboe”

“Fuck de rimboe”

“Women and buttons don’t mix” - “The Flemish film industry reserves the most and the best jobs for men”

“Women and buttons don’t mix” - “The Flemish film industry reserves the most and the best jobs for men”

“It must be great to be a criminal in Brussels"

“It must be great to be a criminal in Brussels"

“No space for a happy family”

“No space for a happy family”

“The child Dorothée and the free love of squatters”

“The child Dorothée and the free love of squatters”

“A family film a la Ed van der Elsken”

“A family film a la Ed van der Elsken”

“A child in Amsterdam’s communes of the 70s”

“A child in Amsterdam’s communes of the 70s”

“One day, someone reminded me that cinema is about making images move, and I told myself that this was the discipline for me."

“One day, someone reminded me that cinema is about making images move, and I told myself that this was the discipline for me."

“I am intrigued by how people deal with physicality."

“I am intrigued by how people deal with physicality."

“Light in the head.”

“Light in the head.”

“Children don’t judge their parents’ lives"

“Children don’t judge their parents’ lives"

“Fermenting barrel detonates"

“Fermenting barrel detonates"

“Now the needle needs to be moved"

“Now the needle needs to be moved"

“Girl was not supposed to become a wallflower.”

“Girl was not supposed to become a wallflower.”

“Girl, mother, lover”

“Girl, mother, lover”

“The Awakening of Desires”

“The Awakening of Desires”

“Girls also grow old.”

“Girls also grow old.”

“What does count then?”

“What does count then?”

“Three women, three generations, three bodies.”

“Three women, three generations, three bodies.”

“It was exotic for me to take an interest in a traditional family.”

“It was exotic for me to take an interest in a traditional family.”

“Looking for the laundrette-vibes”

“Looking for the laundrette-vibes”

“Young lions”

Dorothée van den Berghe

“Like Rosie, I grew up with only a mother.”

“What would we have done without that tree?”