La Vie en Rose (La Mome) (2007)
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74% of critics liked it
(149 reviews) -
83% of users liked it
(129,167 ratings)
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… More 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
- Directed By
- Olivier Dahan
- Written By
- Olivier Dahan
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
- In Theaters
- Feb 14, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- Picturehouse
Critic Reviews
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
This isn't the first time Piaf's life has been brought to the screen and it probably won't be the last, but Cotillard makes this particular version stand apart.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
This is a surreal and exhausting experience.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Marion Cotillard tears up all the available scenery in this overblown, achronological biopic of French pop singer Edith Piaf.
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
La Vie is a movie so frantic to get to it all that nothing is more than touched on.
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Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
This kind of heightened drama might not work in most movies, but it suits its larger-than-life subject: Dahan's La Vie is the movie equivalent of a torch song.
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Cast
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Marion Cotillard
as Edith Piaf
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Sylvie Testud
as Mômone, Mômone, M?mone
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Pascal Greggory
as Louis Barrier
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Emmanuelle Seigner
as Titine
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Jean-Paul Rouve
as Louis Gassion Edith's Father
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Clotilde Courau
as Anetta Edith's Mother
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Jean-Pierre Martins
as Marcel Cerdan
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Catherine Allégret
as Louise
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Marc Barbé
as Raymond Asso
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Cassandre Berger
as Child Piaf (Singing Voice)
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Caroline Sihol
as Marlene Dietrich
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Pauline Burlet
as Edith Piaf (Aged 10)
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Gérard Depardieu
as Louis Leplée, Louis Leplée, Louis Lepl
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Elisabeth Commelin
as Danielle Bonel
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Caroline Raynaud
as Ginou
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Marie-Armelle de Guy
as Marguerite Monnot
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Valeria Moreau
as Jeanne
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Jean-Paul Muel
as Bruno Coquatrix
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Andre Penvern
as Jacques Canetti
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Mario Hacquard
as Charles Dumont
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Aubert Fenoy
as Michel Emer
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Felix Belleau
as Robert Juel
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Ashley Wanninger
as Leplée's Assistant, Leplée's Assistant,...
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Nathalie Dorval
as Mireille
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Chantal Bronner
as Josette
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Cylia Malki
as Philipo
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Nathalie Dahan
as Yvonne
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Laurent Olmedo
as Jacques Pills
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Harry Hadden-Paton
as Doug Davis
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Laurent Schilling
as Claude
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Dominique Bettenfeld
as Albert
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Édith Le Merdy
as Simone Margantin
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Josette Menard
as Mamy
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Emy Levy
as Brothel Girl
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Lucie Stainkrycher
as Brothel Girl
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Vera Havelková
as Brothel Girl
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Jan Kuzelka
as Brothel Client
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Dominique Paturel
as Lucien Roupp
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Nicholas Pritchard
as Jameson
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William Armstrong
as Clifford Fisher
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Martin Sochor
as O'Dett Spectator
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Frederique Smetana
as O'Dett Spectator
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Lenka Kourilova
as O'Dett Spectator
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Pierre Derenne
as Little Louis
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Jan Filipensky
as Fire Eater
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Laura Menini
as Circus Dancer
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Oldrich Hurych
as Clown
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Mathias Honore
as Mr. Loyal
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Diana Stewart
as American
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Jean-Jacques Desplanque
as Tony Zale
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Alain Figlarz
as Trainer
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Robert Paturel
as Man On Corner
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Alban Casterman
as Charles Aznavour
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Olivier Cruveiller
as Inspector Guillaume
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Sébastien Tavel
as Interviewer
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Agathe Bodin
as Suzanne
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Nicole Dubois
as Dressmaker
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Janis Martin
as Jean Mermoz
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Eric Franquelin
as Etienne
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Marc Chapiteau
as Mitty Goldin
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Maureen Demidof
as Marcelle
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Philippe Bricard
as Man At Lannes
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Olivier Raoux
as Waiter
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Nathalie Cox
as Pin-Up
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Pierre Peyrichout
as Journalist
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Helena Gabrielova
as Drunken Woman
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Jaroslav Vizner
as Party Man
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Sophie Knitti
as Bar Client
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Helene Genet
as Bar Client
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Farida Amrouche
as Aicha
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Liliane Cebrian
as Mind-Reader
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Nicolas Simon
as Church Journalist
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Pascal Mottier
as Boy
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Thierry Guibault
as Ostende Doctor
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Garick Hagon
as American Doctor
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Ginou Richer
as Neighbour
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Vladimír Javorský
as Spectator In Street
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Denis Menochet
as Orly Journalist
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David Jahn
as Soldier
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Sylvie Guichenuy
as Woman In Street
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Fabien Duval
as Policeman
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Pauline Nemcova
as USA Journalist
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Maya Barsony
as Girl In Bar
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Rodolphe Saulnier
as Barman
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Fedele Papalia
as Fast Food Waiter
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Zdena Herforova
as Woman At Café Etiole, Woman At Café Eti...
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Pier Luigi Colombetti
as Pub Customer
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Olivier Carbone
as Transvestite
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Laurence Gormezano
as Pub Waitress
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Christophe Kourotchkine
as Policeman
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Christophe Odent
as Dr. Bernay
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Robert Nebrenský
as Doctor At Dreux
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Jaromir Janácek
as Dreux Festival Director
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Christopher Gunning
as Orchestra Leader
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Richard Hein
as Orchestra Leader
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Elliot Dahan
as Child
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Isaac Dahan
as Child
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Jil Aigrot
as Edith Piaf's Singing Voice
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Manon Chevallier
as Edith Piaf (Aged 5)





