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La Vie en Rose details
| Formats: | 12 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Clot, Marion Cotillard, Gerard Depardieu, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Marc Barbe, Emmanuelle Seigner, Clotilde Courau, Catherine Allegret, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jean-Pierre Martins, Caroline Sihol, Manon Chevallier |
| Directors: | Oliver Dahan, Olivier Dahan |
| Genres: | Drama - Family, World Cinema - French |
| Studio: | ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Original title | La Mome |
| Collections: | The Best of Marion Cotillard, Top 400 All-Time Rentals |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
La Vie en Rose |
12 Feature | |
La Vie En Rose - Bonus Features |
12 Bonus |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 14 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 26 Nov 2007 |
| Main languages: | French |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLMMarion Cotillard plays Edith Piaf in this biography of the famous French singers life.
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Give MARION COTILLARD BEST ACTRESS OSCAR now!
By QPR Olly from Shepherd's Bush,England , 24 Jun 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
A five hankie biopic of Edith Piaf's tortured life featuring a spellbinding performance from Marion Cottilard as 'The Little Sparrow' EP.Never have I seen any actor so convincingly age 35 years, - (the film covers the years 1918-1963) - or so during a film.The film is not told chronologically, so for example, one moment you'll see Edith at her glowing happy zenith, when she is romancing heavyweight champion Marcel Cerdan and the next you'll see her bent double ravaged by debilitating illness in her final years. This is not just excellent make-up but an unequalled display of bravura acting skill. Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash,JamieFoxx as Ray Charles and Denzell as Malcolm X, all put in fine turns in recent biopics but this is something else-Cottilard IS Piaf. The two girls acting young Edith are also good,as is all the cast including a nice cameo as her kind-hearted manager from Gerard Depardieu.The stirring all-important music, (including a lovely acapella 'Marseillais') is magnificent throughout - having not been to a cinema for a long time,I was impressed with the top surround-sound you get there,far better than from DVDs at home.At one point there is a bone-shaking car crash where the noise is so visceral,I checked my legs to see if they were still there.One quibble would be that some of Piaf's more famous tunes did not feature subtitles.Another is that the film is maybe 20 minutes too long,-it could easily have finished after an affectingly staged death of a leading character and then there is a rather tacked-on bit where we belatedly discover that Edith revisited the sins done to her by her mother on a child of her own. Minor weaknesses however;if you don't cry and feel uplifted by this film,you have no soul.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(416)A glimpse into a complicated and sometimes tragic life
By mj55 (96 reviews) , 17 Mar 2013A masterful performance from Cotillard makes this movie. There is perhaps a bit too much bouncing back and forward in time, resulting in a fragmented storyline that is sometimes hard to follow. Nonetheless it is a powerful and heartbreaking representation of the varied and relatively short life of the remarkable singer.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Successfully explains how Piaf put so much emotion into her singing
By FoxRoy (9 reviews) , 24 Dec 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
It would be easy to criticise this bio-pic as it does jump around a bit, but once you get into the flow there's no problem with understanding what's being portrayed. Its a warts and all story which successfully explains how Piaf puts so much emotion into her singing. I don't think this film could have been made in the US and its all the better for that, and being in her native French.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Could not watch it to end
By MartaE (18 reviews) , 21 Aug 2012Hard to follow, jumping back and forth in story line. Many elements left unexplained. Turned it off half way as only so much we can watch an unlikable person be drunk and take drugs. Start was good but then were really not enjoying watching it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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J'adore La Vie En Rose!
By a customer , 27 Feb 2012Poetry in motion is the best description of this film, it is a powerful, heartbreaking story, beautifully made with some outstanding acting.
The tragic life of this wonderful artist is played here with decency,something i was thankful of was the lack of a sleezy fixation over her affair with a married man,which makes a refreshing change!
While it is fair to say that some of the scenes are a little confusing due to the constant jumping back and forth in time, in general the story is easy to follow.
To sum it up in one word - Amazing!- Was this review helpful to you?
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True story of a French star
By LawH61 (19 reviews) , 12 Feb 2012A dramatic and serious story of a true star of French music entertainment. It moves about in time which sometimes seems confusing but overall the story flows quite well. The songs also are tremendous and it's worth watching just for that.- Was this review helpful to you?
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