Fresh
This isn't the first time Piaf's life has been brought to the screen and it probably won't be the last, but Cotillard makes this particular version stand apart.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
La Vie en Rose
The extraordinary story of Edith Piaf.
2007 · 2h 20m · PG-13
Drama, Music
Directed by
Olivier Dahan
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La Vie en Rose
Overview
From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.
Director and cast
- Olivier Dahan Director
- Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf
- Sylvie Testud as Mômone
- Pascal Greggory as Louis Barrier
- Emmanuelle Seigner as Titine
- Jean-Paul Rouve as Louis Gassion
- Gérard Depardieu as Louis Leplée
- Clotilde Courau as Annetta Gassion
- Jean-Pierre Martins as Marcel Cerdan
- Catherine Allégret Cast
- Marc Barbé Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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Rotten
This is a surreal and exhausting experience.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Marion Cotillard tears up all the available scenery in this overblown, achronological biopic of French pop singer Edith Piaf.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
La Vie is a movie so frantic to get to it all that nothing is more than touched on.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
This kind of heightened drama might not work in most movies, but it suits its larger-than-life subject: Dahan's La Vie is the movie equivalent of a torch song.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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