La Vie en Rose (Extended Version)
starring: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve
directed by: Olivier Dahan
directed by: Olivier Dahan
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0026359441226
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 13, 2007
Running Time: 141 minutes
Sales Rank: 482
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Edith Piaf is the subject of La Vie en Rose, director Olivier Dahan's powerful if emotionally redundant biographical film about the iconic French superstar whose life, as depicted here, seems to have been a numbing succession of tragedies interrupted on occasion by artistic triumph. Dahan's portrait begins with Piaf's stay in a brothel as a young girl. Left to the care of her grandmother (who runs the place) after her father pulls her away from a narcissistic mother, Piaf undergoes significant health problems and grows up to sing on the street in lieu of outright prostitution. The film pulses along with the usual biopic rhythms, with pivotal moments in the life of Piaf (played as an adult by Marion Cotillard) turning up regularly only to be smacked aside by the unseen hand of perpetual misfortune. There's the impresario (Gerard Depardieu) who recognizes Piaf's great but raw talent only to have a run-in with the criminal element around her. There's the heavyweight fighter (Marcel Cerdan) who becomes the love of Piaf's life but can't be with her. Drug addiction, random car accidents, tax problems, you name it, it's all here, topped by an unnerving revelation that pops up in La Vie en Rose's final moments. After awhile, with such a concentration of bad news squeezed into 140 minutes, one begins to wish Dahan had taken a more expansive approach to Piaf's life and times. But the film is never less than interesting, and the lead performance by Cotillard is often astonishing. --Tom Keogh
Product Description:
Picturehouse and HBO Films present a critically-acclaimed biopic about the legendary international singing icon Edith Piaf whose voice and talent captivated the world. Starring award-winner Marion Cotillard (A Very Long Engagement A Good Year) in an astonishing performance the film is a portrait of a remarkable artist born into poverty who survived using the only gift she had ? her voice. Piaf?s tragic life was a constant battle to sing and survive to live and love with no regrets.Running Time: 141 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/BIOGRAPHY UPC: 026359441226 Manufacturer No: 94412
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- See it for Marion Cotillard's performanceMy knowledge of Edith Piaf extends to a few of her songs played many times over the years on the ... Read More
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- edith would be turning over in her graveI wasn't too familiar with Edith Piaf before seeing this movie. I had heard of her only because she's ... Read More
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- Great Performance but...........Marion Cotillard delivers a stunning performance as the great Edith Piaf. She becomes Piaf. Christie Laume, ... Read More
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- Ne Pas de Wire Hangers! Pas de Wire Hangers, jamais!!Marion Cotillard one-hundred-and-ten-percent deserved her Academy Award for Best Actress based on her sheer ... Read More
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- Perhaps the Finest Biographical Performance In The History of CinemaThe legendary Edith Piaf (1915-1963) was essentially a street person who possessed little emotional self-control ... Read More
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