Directed by Walerian Borowczyk • 1966 • France

Cited by Borowczk as his favourite amongst his films, Rosalie adapts a short story by Guy de Maupassant into a moving account of female desperation. The director’s wife Ligia stars as a servant girl on trial for infanticide and forced to justify her actions. Blending long stretches of monologue with animation, Borowczyk finds minimalist means to convey the moral profundity of Maupassant’s text.

ROSALIE
Written and directed by Walerian Borowczyk
From the story by Guy de Maupassant
Cinematography by Yann le Masson
Starring: Ligia Borowczyk

In French with English subtitles

Winner of a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, 1966