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Mood:
- TouchingCaptivatingUpliftingAtmosphericGloomyBiting
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- Musician's LifeRising To StardomArtists and ShowbizLife is a BitchHuman SpiritDown on Your LuckAmbitionHopes more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeignMusicPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century
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Place:
- France
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedOscar WinnerPrestigious Awards
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- Nonlinear
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- BiographyBased on True Story
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- SeriousRealistic
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- OldiesPop
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La Vie En Rose, 2007
French, English
France, UK, Czech Republic
Profile of La Vie En Rose
The mood of La Vie En Rose is uplifting, captivating, and touching. The plot centers around rising to stardom, the life of a musician, and artists and showbiz. It is a drama, foreign, and period movie. Stylistically, La Vie En Rose is nonlinear. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is France. La Vie En Rose happens in the 20th century. The musical score is oldies and pop. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. La Vie En Rose is known for being an Oscar winner and critically acclaimed. Note that it includes brief nudity, drugs/alcohol, and profanity.
Summary of La Vie En Rose
According to Marlene Dietrich, chanteuse Edith Piaf's voice was "the soul of Paris." This French drama explores the often troubled life of the singer as her fame took her from the City of Lights to America to the South of France. Abandoned by her mother, Piaf grew up in her grandmother's brothel and her father's circus, which is hardly the fun one might imagine. While singing on the streets of Paris as a teen, Piaf (played as an adult by Marion Cotillard, A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT) is discovered by club owner Louis Leplée (Gérard Depardieu), and this chance encounter changes the woman's life. Her powerful voice takes her all over the globe, but it can't guard her from the pain and suffering she can't avoid.
As Piaf, Cotillard is mesmerizing. She fully inhabits the singer's ivory skin, crafting a character that never descends into caricature or camp. She lip syncs to Piaf's legendary voice, but the performance is seamless. Like WALK THE LINE and RAY, this biopic creates a fascinating picture of an artist whose songs only begin to reflect the singer's painful life. But director-writer Olivier Dahan (LA VIE PROMISE) doesn't take the traditional biopic route with LA VIE EN ROSE. Instead, the film jumps between various moments in the singer's life, with little concern for linear narrative. Cotillard is just as adept at playing the teenage Piaf as she is the songbird on her deathbed at the age of 47, and it's her amazing performance that makes LA VIE EN ROSE worth seeing.
Details
| Language: | French, English |
| Country: | France, UK, Czech Republic |
| Release date: | 16 April 2007 |
| Runtime: | 140 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Edith Piaf
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Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Owen Gleiberman
Philadelphia Inquirer
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- by: Steven Rea
Users Reviews
- 17.April.2009
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- by: mhutchin
- mhutchin rated this movie6/10Okay
- 30.March.2009
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- by: coolmallu
- coolmallu rated this movie
4/10Disappointing
