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La Vie En Rose
Directed byOlivier Dahan
Written byIsabelle Sobelman
Oliver Dahan
Produced byAlain Goldman
StarringMarion Cotillard
Gérard Depardieu
Sylvie Testud
CinematographyTetsuo Nagata
Edited byRichard Marizy
Music byChristopher Gunning
Édith Piaf
Distributed byTF1 International
Release dates
8 February, 2007 (Germany)
8 March 2007 (Netherlands)
June 8, 2007 (USA)
Running time
140 mins
CountryFrance / UK / Czech Republic
LanguageFrench
Box office$9,985,261 (USA)

La Vie En Rose is the title in English-speaking territories for the Academy Award nominated film La Môme (French for "the kid"), a 2007 French movie directed by Olivier Dahan about singer Édith Piaf, starring Marion Cotillard as Piaf.

Plot

The film presents a fractured and largely non-linear series of key events from the life of Édith Piaf. Although scenes often jump back and forth across decades (evoked as flashbacks mostly from within Edith's memories), parts of her childhood take up much of the first part, and the movie ends with her death, and the performance of what is perhaps her signature song, "Non, je ne regrette rien".

Cast

Production

  • For almost all the performances in the movie ("Heaven Have Mercy", "Milord", "Rien de rien", "La foule", "Cri du cœur", "La vie en rose" (English version), "Mon Dieu", "Hymne à l'amour", "Mon manège à moi", "Non, je ne regrette rien"), the original recordings of Piaf were used, because the director Olivier Dahan thought it impossible to replicate her uniquely distinct voice and because he wanted to keep it as authentic sounding as possible.[citation needed]
  • However, four songs were entirely performed by "Parigote" singer Jil Aigrot: "Mon Homme", "Les Mômes de la Cloche", "Mon Légionnaire", "Les Hiboux" as well as the third verse and chorus of "L'Accordéoniste" and the first chorus of "Padam Padam" since they were the songs that Piaf/Cotillard sang when she was fatigued and fell on stage.
  • Apart from that, "La Marseillaise" is performed by child singer Cassandre Berger (lip-synched by Pauline Burlet, who plays the young Édith in the film), and we can also hear Mistinguett's "Mon Homme" and "Il m'a vu nue" (sung in part by Emmanuelle Seigner).
  • The movie premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.

Box office performance

The film grossed US$81,683,752 worldwide — $10,072,300 in the United States and Canada and $71,611,452 in other territories.[1] Specifically in France, Algeria, Monaco, Morocco and Tunisia, the film grossed $42,014,775.[2]

Critical reception

The film received generally favorable reviews from critics. As of 13 January, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 74% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 131 reviews.[3] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 66 out of 100, based on 29 reviews.[4]

Awards and nominations

Marion Cotillard won Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 65th Golden Globe Awards for her performance.[5]

La Vie En Rose was nominated for seven BAFTAs including Best Foreign Language Film. On Sunday 10th February 2008, Cotillard received the BAFTA award for Leading Actress at the Royal Opera House in London. The movie itself also received awards for Costume, Music, and Hair & Makeup. La Vie En Rose left the evening as the most successful film at the BAFTA Awards, winning four awards in total.

She is also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 80th Annual Academy Awards where the film is also nominated for Achievement in Costume Design and Achievement in Make Up.[6]


The film is also nominated for 11 Césars (French Oscar).

References

  1. ^ "La Vie en Rose (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  2. ^ "La Vie en Rose (2007) - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  3. ^ "La Vie En Rose - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  4. ^ "La Vie en Rose (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  5. ^ "65th Golden Globe Awards Nominations & Winners". goldenglobes.org. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  6. ^ "80th Annual Academy Awards Nominations". oscars.org. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
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