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La Vie En Rose (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 135 Fresh: 101  Rotten:34 Average Rating: 6.9/10
 
Consensus: The set design and cinematography are impressive, but the real achievement of La Vie en Rose is Marion Cotillard's mesmerizing, wholly convincing performance as Edith Pilaf.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 21 mins

Theatrical Release: Jun 8, 2007 Limited

Box Office: $10,126,918

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Marion Cotillard, Gerard Depardieu, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner

Director: Oliver Dahan
Screenwriter: Olivier Dahan
Producer: Alain Goldman
Composer: Christopher Gunning

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 13, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
  • Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette

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4/5

Marion Cotillard's Oscar win? Totally justified...Many questions remain for those of us unschooled in Piaf lore. I was confused by some of the causes even as I felt the emotional effects, thanks to deep performances.

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07/17/08
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
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3/4

Much like the colorful life of the film's subject, La Vie en Rose explores the strange and emotional life of torch singer Edith Piaf and gives Marion Cotillard an Oscar for her tremendous performance.

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07/13/08
Wesley Lovell
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7/10

Cotillard joins Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) in so completely embodying a role that it seems more possession than performance.

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02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Colorado Springs Gazette
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5/5

Here is what made the woman tick, if you need facts, find them in a book, if you want to understand her soul, see this film

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02/24/08
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews
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3/5

Acaba funcionando mais como atestado do talento de sua protagonista, Marion Cotillard, do que como um tributo digno da magnífica cantora que esta interpreta.

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01/16/08
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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3/4

This isn't the first time Piaf's life has been brought to the screen and it probably won't be the last, but Cotillard makes this particular version stand apart.

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01/04/08
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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C+

Marion Cotillard is the only reason to sit through La Vie En Rose, a biopic that compounds its basic tediousness by fracturing its narrative in a vain effort to mask a stale rise-and-fall arc.

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12/30/07
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
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4/5

Edith Piaf has plenty of tragedy in her life, so the movie is dark and moody, but it's compelling and Marion Cotillard's performance is impossible to forget.

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12/29/07
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com
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C

It's a mixed bag, snippets of Piaf's life in no particular order, crowned by one fantastic performance by Cotillard.

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12/01/07
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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7/10

Dahan's film is less an ode or a valentine, more of a spectacle of pity, mainly worth watching for Cotillard.

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11/25/07
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies
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2/4

A relentlessly-depressing, warts-and-all biopic which depicts the untimely demise of a diva due to the toll taken on her body and soul by a combination of unfortunate disasters.

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11/12/07
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze
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8/10

Marion Cotillard is perfection itself in this role.

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09/12/07
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
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... one of the best films about a great artist to be made since Milos Forman's Amadeus. Cotillard deserves an Oscar.

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09/06/07
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer
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Expect nominations for this film.

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08/18/07
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan
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It follows the same template as all the other biopics but produces better-than-usual results, thanks to a shattering central performance.

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08/12/07
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com
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3.5/4

Pursued, caught and devoured by the past, [Piaf] nearly shouts the lyric, "Je me fous du passé!": I don't give a damn about the past.

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07/31/07
Kyle Smith
KyleSmithOnline.com
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C-

Cotillard's lip-synching of her character singing didn't do it for me.

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07/28/07
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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4/5

Una biografía inspirada, que repasa la vida de Edith Piaf desde la emoción y los recuerdos en lugar de ser una mera sucesión de acontecimientos. Marion Cotillard no interpreta a Piaf, es Piaf.

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07/18/07
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total
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3.25/4

You should regret missing it.

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07/16/07
Gina Carbone
Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine)
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07/14/07
Sydney Morning Herald
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