La Vie en Rose (2007)
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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, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 141 mins
Complete Cast:
- Marion Cotillard - Edith Piaf
- Pascal Greggory - Louis Barrier
- Jean-Paul Rouve - Louis Gassion, Edith's Father
- Jean-Pierre Martins - Marcel Cerdan
- Marc Barbé - Raymond Asso
- Caroline Sihol - Marlene Dietrich
- Gérard Depardieu - Louis Leplée
- Caroline Raynaud - Ginou
- Valeria Moreau - Jeanne
- André Penvern - Jacques Canetti
- Aubert Fenoy - Michel Emer
- Ashley Wanninger - Leplée's Assistant
- Chantal Bronner - Josette
- Nathalie Dahan - Yvonne
- Harry Hadden-Paton - Doug Davis
- Dominique Bettenfeld - Albert
- Josette Menard - Mamy
- Lucie Stainkrycher - Brothel Girl
- Jan Kuzelka - Brothel Client
- Nicholas Pritchard - Jameson
- Martin Sochor - O'Dett Spectator
- Lenka Kourilova - O'Dett Spectator
- Jan Filipensky - Fire Eater
- Oldrich Hurych - Clown
- Diana Stewart - American
- Alain Figlarz - Trainer
- Alban Casterman - Charles Aznavour
- Sébastien Tavel - Interviewer
- Nicole Dubois - Dressmaker
- Eric Franquelin - Etienne
- Maureen Demidof - Marcelle
- Olivier Raoux - Waiter
- Pierre Peyrichout - Journalist
- Jaroslav Vizner - Party Man
- Helene Genet - Bar Client
- Liliane Cebrian - Mind-Reader
- Pascal Mottier - Boy
- Garick Hagon - American Doctor
- Vladimir Javorsky - Spectator In Street
- David Jahn - Soldier
- Fabien Duval - Policeman
- Maya Barsony - Girl In Bar
- Fedele Papalia - Fast Food Waiter
- Pier Luigi Colombetti - Pub Customer
- Laurence Gormezano - Pub Waitress
- Christophe Odent - Dr. Bernay
- Jaromir Janácek - Dreux Festival Director
- Richard Hein - Orchestra Leader
- Isaac Dahan - Child
- Manon Chevallier - Edith Piaf (Aged 5)
- Sylvie Testud - Mômone
- Emmanuelle Seigner - Titine
- Clotilde Courau - Anetta, Edith's Mother
- Catherine Allegret - Louise
- Cassandre Berger - Child Piaf (Singing Voice)
- Pauline Burlet - Edith Piaf (Aged 10)
- Elisabeth Commelin - Danielle Bonel
- Marie-Armelle de Guy - Marguerite Monnot
- Jean-Paul Muel - Bruno Coquatrix
- Mario Hacquard - Charles Dumont
- Felix Belleau - Robert Juel
- Nathalie Dorval - Mireille
- Cylia Malki - Philipo
- Laurent Olmedo - Jacques Pills
- Laurent Schilling - Claude
- Edith Le Merdy - Simone Margantin
- Emy Levy - Brothel Girl
- Vera Havelková - Brothel Girl
- Dominique Paturel - Lucien Roupp
- William Armstrong - Clifford Fisher
- Frederique Smetana - O'Dett Spectator
- Pierre Derenne - Little Louis
- Laura Menini - Circus Dancer
- Mathias Honore - Mr. Loyal
- Jean-Jacques Desplanque - Tony Zale
- Robert Paturel - Man On Corner
- Olivier Cruveiller - Inspector Guillaume
- Agathe Bodin - Suzanne
- Martin Janis - Jean Mermoz
- Marc Chapiteau - Mitty Goldin
- Philippe Bricard - Man At Lannes
- Nathalie Cox - Pin-Up
- Helena Gabrielova - Drunken Woman
- Sophie Knitti - Bar Client
- Farida Amrouche - Aicha
- Nicolas Simon - Church Journalist
- Thierry Guibault - Ostende Doctor
- Ginou Richer - Neighbour
- Denis Menochet - Orly Journalist
- Sylvie Guichenuy - Woman In Street
- Pauline Nemcova - USA Journalist
- Rodolphe Saulnier - Barman
- Zdena Herforova - Woman At Café Etiole
- Olivier Carbone - Transvestite
- Christophe Kourotchkine - Policeman
- Robert Nebrensky - Doctor At Dreux
- Christopher Gunning - Orchestra Leader
- Elliot Dahan - Child
- Jil Aigrot - Edith Piaf's Singing Voice
- Director(s):
- Olivier Dahan
- Writer(s):
- Isabelle Sobelman, Olivier Dahan
- Producer(s):
- Ilan Goldman, Alain Goldman
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- 2007 - La Vie en Rose - African American Film Critics - Best Actress
- 2007 - La Vie en Rose - Boston Society of Film Critics - Best Actress
- 2007 - La Vie en Rose - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 2007 - La Vie en Rose - Kansas City Film Critics Association - Best Actress
- 2007 - La Vie en Rose - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Actress
