Biography of French singer Edith Piaf (Cotillard). Neglected by her mother, Edith is brought up by her grandmother and then by her father, a travelling acrobat. The street singer is discovered and rises to fame, determined to work even when dying. Read more
| Starring | Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner |
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| Director | Olivier Dahan |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Daniel Day-Lewis may need a longer mantelpiece before awards season is through after the Irish actor scooped another gong at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards in London. The Gangs of New York and In The Name of the Father star won the Best Actor trophy for There Will Be Blood just weeks after taking the lead actor prize from the Screen Actors' Guild. French actress Marion Cotillard upset the odds to win Best Actress, beating Julie Christie, Keira Knightley and Cate... Read more
The Coen brothers' violent neo-western No Country For Old Men was top of the pile on Tinseltown's biggest night, scooping four Oscars including Best Picture at yesterday's star-studded awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Joel and Ethan Coen, whose other hits include The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Barton Fink, collected a hat-trick of awards overall, adding Best Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars to the Best Picture statuette. Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who plays... Read more
2007/8 will go down as a good vintage for American cinema, and last night the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences crowned a modern classic in the Coen brothers' No Country For Old Men: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor. As predicted, Paul Thomas Anderson's monumental There Will Be Blood was largely shut out of the awards losing in six of its eight categories. The principal exception was of course Daniel Day-Lewis's prize for Best Actor,... Read more