La Vie en Rose( 2007)

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The extraordinary story of Edith Piaf.

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.

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Marion Cotillard
Edith Piaf
Sylvie Testud
Simone "Mômone" Berteaut
Pascal Greggory
Louis Barrier
Emmanuelle Seigner
Titine
Jean-Paul Rouve
Louis Gassion
Gérard Depardieu
Louis Leplée
Clotilde Courau
Annetta Gassion
Jean-Pierre Martins
Marcel Cerdan
Catherine Allégret
Louise Gassion
Marc Barbé
Raymond Asso
Caroline Silhol
Marlene Dietrich
Manon Chevallier
Edith - 5 years old
Pauline Burlet
Edith - 10 years old
Élisabeth Commelin
Danielle Bonel
André Penvern
Jacques Canetti
Marie-Armelle Deguy
Marguerite Monnot
Valérie Moreau
Jeanne
Marc Gannot
Marc Bonel
Jean-Paul Muel
Bruno Coquatrix
Nathalie Dorval
Mireille
Caroline Raynaud
Ginou
Christophe Odent
Dr. Bernay
Harry Hadden-Paton
Doug Davis
Cylia Malki
Philipo
Édith Le Merdy
Simone Margantin
Laurent Olmedo
Jacques Pills
Denis Ménochet
Journalist in Orly
Josette Ménard
Mamy
Dominique Paturel
Lucien Roupp
Nicholas Pritchard
Jameson
William Armstrong
Clifford Fisher
Aubert Fenoy
Michel Emer
Mario Hacquard
Charles Dumont
Agathe Bodin
Suzanne
Chantal Bronner
Josette
Olivier Cruveiller
Inspector Guillaume
Ashley Wanninger
Leplée's assistant
Laurent Schilling
Claude
Dominique Bettenfeld
Albert
Alban Casterman
Charles Aznavour
Sébastien Tavel
Interviewer
Nicole Dubois
Seamstress
Martin Janis
Jean Mermoz
Eric Franquelin
Etienne
Marc Chapiteau
Mitty Goldin
Maureen Demidof
Marcelle
Farida Amrouche
Aïcha
Pierre Peyrichout
Journalist
Liliane Cebrian
Palm reader
Paulina Němcová
American journalist
Jean-Jacques Desplanque
Tony Zale
Alain Figlarz
Boxing trainer
Nathalie Cox
Pin-up
Pierre Derenne
P'tit Louis
Emy Lévy
Brothel girl
Laura Stainkrycer
Brothel girl
Lucie Březovská
Brothel girl
Věra Havelková
Brothel girl
Jan Kuželka
Brothel customer
Jan Filipenský
Fire eater
Mathias Honoré
Mr. Loyal
Martin Sochor
O'Dett audience member
Lenka Kourilova
O'Dett audience member
Diana Stewart
American woman
Robert Paturel
Boxing ring corner-man
Olivier Raoux
Waiter
Philippe Bricard
Man in Lannes
Jaroslav Vízner
New year's eve man
Nicolas Simon
Journalist by the church
Pascal Mottier
Boy
Thierry Gibault
Ostende doctor
Garrick Hagon
American doctor
Vladimír Javorský
Street spectator
Fabien Duval
Policeman
Rodolphe Saulnier
Barman
Fedele Papalia
Diner waiter
Pier Luigi Colombetti
Brasserie owner
Zdena Herfortová
Woman Etoile Cafe
Olivier Carbone
Transvestite
Laurence Gormezano
Brasserie waitress
Christophe Kourotchkine
Civilian policeman
Robert Nebřenský
Doctor in Dreux
Jaromír Janeček
Show manager in Dreux
Christopher Gunning
Orchestra conductor
Jil Aigrot
Edith Piaf (singing voice)
Marek Vašut
Docteur in Belleville (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Apr 03 2022

Marion Cotillard is super in this depiction of the life of French chanteuse Édith Piaf - from her upbringing in a brothel through the stages of her life that moulded this flawed but inspirational, and rather sad, woman into the truly international superstar that she became. Her performance is captivating; capturing the mannerisms and characteristics in a gritty, sympathetic and authentic fashion; leaving us in no doubt as to the thin emotional tightrope Piaf walked between sanity and, eventually, a drug-induced stupor and of the risks that involved not just for her, but those loyal (and not so ...