La Vie En Rose (2007) ( La môme ) ( Life in Pink - The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf )

La Vie En Rose (2007) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: La môme
Alternate Title: Life in Pink - The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
British Independent Film Awards
European Film Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( DTS 5.1 )
French ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
140 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Czech Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Olivier Dahan

Written By:
Olivier Dahan
Isabelle Sobelman

Actors:
Marion Cotillard ..... Edith Piaf
Sylvie Testud ..... Mômone
Pascal Greggory ..... Louis Barrier
Emmanuelle Seigner ..... Titine
Jean-Paul Rouve ..... Louis Gassion
Gerard Depardieu ..... Louis Leplée
Clotilde Courau ..... Anetta
Jean-Pierre Martins ..... Marcel Cerdan
Catherine Allégret ..... Louise
Marc Barbé ..... Raymond Asso
Caroline Sihol ..... Marlene Dietrich
Manon Chevallier ..... Edith - 5 years old
Pauline Burlet ..... Edith - 10 years old
Elisabeth Commelin ..... Danielle Bonel
Marc Gannot ..... Marc Bonel

Synopsis:

Writer/director Olivier Dahan (Crimson Rivers II) helmed La Vie en Rose, the screen biopic of tragic French songstress Edith Piaf. Marion Cotillard portrays Piaf, the superstar once raised as a young girl by her grandmother in a Normandy bordello, then discovered on a French street corner -- as a complete unknown -- by cabaret proprietor Louis Leplée (Gérard Depardieu). The film segues breezily between various episodes from Piaf's life -- such as her lover, French boxer Marcel Cerdan's (Jean-Pierre Martins) championship bout in mid-'40s New York; her period in Hollywood during the '50s; Piaf's abandonment as a young girl by her contortionist father (and earlier by her mother, a street singer); her brushes with the law as an adult; and her 1951 car accident and subsequent morphine addiction that caused her to age well beyond her years and left her barely mobile; and, through it all, her ability (like Billie Holiday) to funnel personal tragedy and emotional struggles into her vocalizations -- dazzling audiences in the process.

An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Édith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's soon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, 'Non, je ne regrette rien.' The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association.

From childhood to glory, from triumph to despair, from Belleville to New York, the extraordinary life of Edith Piaf.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 16 May, 2020.