Article by Tommaso Del Latte

Translation by Laura Cattani

The Belgian director Wannes Destoop at his debut feature, enacts in Holy Rosita, a simple, community-focused, hopeful story.

Rosita (Daphne Agten) lives in a working-class block of houses, she works a variety of jobs, and she spends most of her free time with the neighborhood children, who are the only ones capable of giving her a few carefree moments. Rosita has only one dream, to become a mother. However, just when she manages to get pregnant, she begins to be tormented by doubts, caused by the uncertainty of living up to the role, economic problems and the judgments of the community in which she lives.