A Rose: That's What Life Is All About
1977, German. Directed by Hans-Christof Stenzel.
Rosy Selavy arrives in New York, with her chessboard under her arm. occupying Duchamp's place at the Washington Square chess table (where he converses with the composer John Cage) later invites his suitors to a game. Rosy comes in contact with John Cage, with Broadway star Jean Halbert, with French singer Janet Maillard and Soho artist Hannah Wilke, before embarking on a long journey across the country, where she meets Mary Jane Collins , singer of Memphis Blues' stumbles upon a colony of Puritans, meets some hippies in the Far West, being finally raped and murdered on a beach in Los Angeles by psychiatrist Hal James.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 30 April 1977
- Original title
- C'est la vie, Rose
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Jörg Fauser, Hans-Christof Stenzel
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A Rose: That's What Life Is All About runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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A Rose: That's What Life Is All About isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 April 1977. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Rose: That's What Life Is All About?
A Rose: That's What Life Is All About (1977) was directed by Hans-Christof Stenzel and stars Y Sa Lo.