Writer : Sabine Carion
« ROSA BONHEUR : THE ARTIST’S (AUTO)BIOGRAPHY » USA 1905
Plot :
Paris 1833.
The young Rosalie Bonheur, 10-year-old, has just lost her mother, Sophie, whom she adored. She finds some comfort at the horse fair. She spends her time drawing animals….
Rosa does not accept the decay of her family, nor the common grave where Sophie is buried. She decides to fight over the adversity.
First of all, she wants to please her dead mother by making her dream come true : she will be an animal painter. Yet, this job was never practiced by a woman …