

The Rose Seller
1998-05-13 · 115 min · ★ 7.9
Monica is 13 years old and has already created her own world, on the street, where she fights courageously to defend what little she has: her friends, her boyfriend, who sells drugs, and her dignity and pride that makes no concessions to anyone. On Christmas night, like every night, she sells roses to make a living. But life brings her a new appointment with loneliness, poverty, drugs and death.
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- Directors
- Víctor Gaviria
- Production companies
- Producciones Filmamento
- Countries
- Colombia
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- Released
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Marta CorreaJudy
Mileider GilAndrea
Diana MurilloCachetona
Liliana GiraldoClaudia
Giovanni QuirozEl Zarco
Álex BedoyaMilton
Elkin VargasAnderson
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