Oscar and the Lady in Pink ( Oscar et la dame rose ) ( Oscar & the Lady in Pink )

Oscar and the Lady in Pink (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Oscar et la dame rose
Alternate Title: Oscar & the Lady in Pink
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
105 min + 26 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Canada ( USA, Canada )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Written By:
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Actors:
Michèle Laroque ..... Rose
Amir ..... Oscar
Max von Sydow ..... Dr Düsseldorf
Amira Casar ..... Mme Gommette
Mylène Demongeot ..... Lily
Constance Dollé ..... Oscar's mother
Simone-Elise Girard ..... Casse-Noisette
Benoît Brière ..... L'annonceur
Mathilde Goffart ..... Peggy Blue
Thierry Neuvic ..... Victor

Synopsis:

Oscar, the narrator of this fresh fictional gem, is ten years old. Because his form of leukemia has not responded to treatment, he has been living in a French hospital for a very long time. His parents, who bring him gifts and surely love him, are uncomfortable during their infrequent visits. Dr. Dusseldorf and the nurses are kind, but indirect and distant in their communications with him. Because no one talks to him about his illness or what is likely to happen, he feels isolated, alone, and miserable. When Mamie-Rose, a very elderly hospital 'pink lady' (hospital volunteer) with an exotic past, enters Oscar's life, she brings honesty, warmth, and comfort to the lost child known as Bald Egg. Guided by this incredible person--a blunt-spoken, irreverent woman who touches him, kisses him, and tells him wondrous stories of her wrestling feats--the boy grows stronger. Who wouldn't under the influence of the Strangler of Languedoc? Of course Oscar is going to die. In addition to her generous companionship and her introductions of him to other children in the hospital, Mamie-Rose suggests letters to God as a way of feeling less lonely. 'So God, on the occasion of this first letter I've shown you a little of what my life in the hospital is like here, where they now see me as an obstacle to medicine, and I'd like to ask you for clarification on one point: Am I going to get better? Just answer yes or no. It's not very complicated. Yes or no. All you have to do is cross out the wrong answer. More tomorrow, kisses. P.S. I don't have your address: what do I do' With Mamie-Rose treating him like a real kid, 'move your but . . . we're not ambling along like snails' and Oscar scripting very candid letters to God, the first-person story about loneliness, love, and compassion is presented with spirited imagination. Oscar's story is quite extraordinary--and unforgettable.

Listening in to a conversation between his doctor and parents, 10-year-old Oscar learns what nobody has the courage to tell him. He only has a few weeks to live. Furious, he refuses to speak to anyone except straight-talking Rose, the lady in pink he meets on the hospital stairs. As Christmas approaches, Rose uses her fantastical experiences as a professional wrestler, her imagination, wit and charm to allow Oscar to live life and love to the full, in the company of his friends Pop Corn, Einstein, Bacon and childhood sweetheart Peggy Blue.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 15 December, 2010.

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