Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 06/08/07 (Limited) 06/29/07 (St. Louis) Home Video 11/13/07 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for substance abuse, sexual content, brief nudity, language and thematic elements Running Time 2 hours 10 minutes Genre Drama, Foreign Director Oliver Dahan Writer Olivier Dahan Cast Marion Cotillard, Gerard Depardieu, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner Studio Picturehouse |
LA VIE EN ROSE
SYNOPSIS
A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who
regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan’s La
Vie En Rose stars 2005 Cesar Award-winner Marion
Cotillard (A Very Long Engagement, A Good Year) in
a blazing performance as the legendary French icon
Edith Piaf. Perhaps finding her nearest American
analogues in figures such as Judy Garland and Billie
Holiday, the tragic story of the world-famous
chanteuse is worthy of a 19th Century novel by Zola
or Balzac. From the streets of the cutthroat
Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of
New York’s glamorous concert halls, Edith Piaf’s life
was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and
love. Raised in abject poverty, surrounded by
hookers and pimps, Edith’s magical voice made her
a star on both sides of the Atlantic. Her passionate
romances and friendships with the greatest names
of the period – Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles
Aznavour, Marlene Deitrich, boxing world champion
Marcel Cerdan – made her a household name as
much as her memorable live performances and
beautiful renditions of songs she made famous
internationally, “La Vie en rose”, “Milord”, “Hymn to
Love”, “Non, je ne regrette rien” and many more.
But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic
destiny, the “Little Sparrow” – as she was
nicknamed – flew so high that she could not fail to
burn her wings. LA VIE EN ROSE was the Opening
Night of the Berlin Film Festival.
A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who
regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan’s La
Vie En Rose stars 2005 Cesar Award-winner Marion
Cotillard (A Very Long Engagement, A Good Year) in
a blazing performance as the legendary French icon
Edith Piaf. Perhaps finding her nearest American
analogues in figures such as Judy Garland and Billie
Holiday, the tragic story of the world-famous
chanteuse is worthy of a 19th Century novel by Zola
or Balzac. From the streets of the cutthroat
Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of
New York’s glamorous concert halls, Edith Piaf’s life
was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and
love. Raised in abject poverty, surrounded by
hookers and pimps, Edith’s magical voice made her
a star on both sides of the Atlantic. Her passionate
romances and friendships with the greatest names
of the period – Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles
Aznavour, Marlene Deitrich, boxing world champion
Marcel Cerdan – made her a household name as
much as her memorable live performances and
beautiful renditions of songs she made famous
internationally, “La Vie en rose”, “Milord”, “Hymn to
Love”, “Non, je ne regrette rien” and many more.
But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic
destiny, the “Little Sparrow” – as she was
nicknamed – flew so high that she could not fail to
burn her wings. LA VIE EN ROSE was the Opening
Night of the Berlin Film Festival.
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