La Vie En Rose (2007)

Star Rating: 2
Lenghth of Film: 140 minutes
Director: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvia Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gerard Depardieu
Oscars: Marion Cotillard (actress), Jan Archibald & Didier Lavergne (makeup)
Oscar Nomination: Marit Allen (costume designer)








This movie depicts the life of the famous French singer, Edith Piaf. Not knowing any of her music, or knowing she was famous, the movie didn't mean anything to me. It is in French, so you have to watch the movies in subtitles. I appreciate this movie, for all its hard work. If I knew French history, and seen pictures of the real Edith, I would have appreciated the movie much more. This movie made me think of Whitney Houston. I would watch this movie portral of Whitney, because I know her music, and seen her life spiraling down through the media, I would want to see the movie portraying her life. I have to think the same for the people of France, and also the people from the era that Edith Piaf was from.

Edith's mother was a street singer, who was taken away by her father who was a circus performer. Her father took her to live with his mother, who was a madame who owned a whorehouse. The ladies became very attached, as did Edith. Her father came back, and ripped her away from her new family.

Edith was found by a music manager, as she was singing on the streets and became a star!Edith falls in love with a married boxer, and when she sent for him to visit her, he died in a plane crash. When she finds out he died, it is a powerful scene and I am glad that Marion Cotillard won the oscar. It was moving! Goosebumps...very powerful.  

The real Edith Piaf

Marion Cotillard

I am also glad that makeup artists won an Oscar, because Marion Cotillard is gorgeous and they truly did transform her into looking like Edith Piaf, and a great job in the transformation of her last years, as a drug addict, and just the crippling decline in her health.

Marion Cotillard winning Oscar for Best Actress

If you're interested in hearing the vocals of the real Edith Piaf, and Marion Cotillard, here are 2 youtube videos.


Edith Piaf "Non, je ne regrette rien"

Marion Cotillard singing "Non Je Ne Regrette Rien"