Rosie DVD

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Roddy Doyle was at home in Dublin one morning listening to the radio when a news item grabbed his attention. A young woman, who had no home, was talking about her attempts to find a place to stay for the night with her family. The eloquence with which she told her story of homelessness fascinated the Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Doyle was shocked when he heard that her partner had a steady job, yet they were still unable to find accommodation.

“I found it extraordinary,” the writer recalls. “This was a story of an otherwise well-functioning family who don’t have anywhere to live. She told the story without getting emotional. Before she was finished, I realised there was a story here. I had been thinking about telling a story about the homeless crisis in Ireland.”

Doyle retreated to his office and began sculpting a treatment for ROSIE. We start in the late afternoon. Rosie is attempting to find a hotel room for her family to stay that night. She eventually succeeds. Just in

A moving and fiercely gripping response to Ireland’s current housing crisis, ROSIE tells the story of a Dublin family seeking a roof for the night and examines how even in times of crises; the love and strength of a family can endure.

Directed by Paddy Breathnach (I Went Down, Viva) ROSIE tells the story of a mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless. Finding a room, even for a night, is a tough job and finding somewhere permanent to live is even harder. Within the confines of their car, Rosie and John Paul strive to maintain a loving home while shielding their young family from the reality of the situation around them.


In ROSIE, award-winning Irish novelist Roddy Doyle brings his signature brand of warmth and authenticity to a modern story of a Dublin family who have found themselves with nowhere left to go.

Hailed as the most important Irish film of the year, ROSIE follows a young mother as she searches to find a room for the night for her family - a tense race against time as the hours count down and their options run out.

Set over 36 hours, ROSIE tracks a normal family faced with impossible choices and exposes just how easy it is to slip through the cracks. Directed by Paddy Breathnach, ROSIE is a cinematic tour de force about love, family and how you protect your children when you have nowhere to call home.