“Holy Rosita” is a comedy drama presented in competition at the 42nd Torino Film Festival. Telling the story of Rosita, a good-hearted woman loved by all the neighbourhood but considered not fit to be a mother, the film dwells into the concept of acceptance and the social conventions that our society builds and the burden that these conventions are for those who are considered outsiders. We met with the director Wannes Destoop and the actress Daphne Agten to talk about it.
Rosita is the outsider we all know and we should all love
Wannes Destoop, director of “Holy Rosita” has always been fascinated by outsiders, by the outcast of society. Rosita, played by Daphne Agten, is t