La Vie En Rose [videorecording].
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 10194828Publication details: [United States] : Home Box Office, 2007.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0783156839 :
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Writer/director Olivier Dahan (Crimson Rivers II) helmed La Vie en Rose, the screen biopic of tragic French songstress Edith Piaf. Marion Cotillard portrays Piaf, the superstar once raised as a young girl by her grandmother in a Normandy bordello, then discovered on a French street corner -- as a complete unknown -- by cabaret proprietor Louis Leplée (Gérard Depardieu). The film segues breezily between various episodes from Piaf's life -- such as her lover, French boxer Marcel Cerdan's (Jean-Pierre Martins) championship bout in mid-'40s New York; her period in Hollywood during the '50s; Piaf's abandonment as a young girl by her contortionist father (and earlier by her mother, a street singer); her brushes with the law as an adult; and her 1951 car accident and subsequent morphine addiction that caused her to age well beyond her years and left her barely mobile; and, through it all, her ability (like Billie Holiday) to funnel personal tragedy and emotional struggles into her vocalizations -- dazzling audiences in the process. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
11/13/2007
Marion Cotillard, Gerard Depardieu.
DVD.
French audio; English, French, Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
MPAA rating: PG-13.
Born into poverty, she survived using the only gift she had - her voice. Edith Piaf's tragic life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love, with no regrets. Contains never-before-seen footage and a featurette.