La Vie En Rose (2007)
“La Môme”.
Biography, Drama, Music |
La Vie en Rose is a French biographical musical film about the life of French singer Édith Piaf. The film was co-written and directed by Olivier Dahan, and stars Marion Cotillard as Piaf. The UK and US title La Vie en Rose comes from Piaf’s signature song.
Cotillard’s performance earned her several accolades including the Academy Award for Best Actress — marking the first time an Oscar had been given for a French-language role — the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the César Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Makeup, the BAFTA Award for Best Makeup, Costume Design, Film Music, four additional César Awards and grossed $86.3 million worldwide.
The film is structured as a largely non-linear series of key events from the life of Édith Piaf. The film begins with elements from her childhood, and at the end with the events prior to and surrounding her death, poignantly juxtaposed by a performance of her song, “Non, je ne regrette rien”.
The film opens with Édith as a small child in 1918. Her mother stands across the alley singing, busking for change. Édith’s mother writes to her child’s father, the acrobat, who is fighting in the trenches of World War I battlefields, informing him that she is leaving Édith with her mother so she can pursue the life of the artist. Her father returns to Paris and scoops up a sick Édith, then in turn leaves the child with his own mother, who is a madam of a brothel in Normandy.
Director: Olivier Dahan
Writers: Isabelle Sobelman, Olivier Dahan
Stars: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau
Cast:
| Marion Cotillard | … | Edith Piaf |
| Sylvie Testud | … | Mômone |
| Pascal Greggory | … | Louis Barrier |
| Emmanuelle Seigner | … | Titine |
| Jean-Paul Rouve | … | Louis Gassion |
| Gérard Depardieu | … | Louis Leplée |
| Clotilde Courau | … | Anetta |
| Jean-Pierre Martins | … | Marcel Cerdan |
| Catherine Allégret | … | Louise |
| Marc Barbé | … | Raymond Asso |
| Caroline Silhol | … | Marlene Dietrich |
| Manon Chevallier | … | Edith – 5 years old |
| Pauline Burlet | … | Edith – 10 years old |
| Élisabeth Commelin | … | Danielle Bonel (as Elisabeth Commelin) |
| Marc Gannot | … | Marc Bonel |
| Caroline Raynaud | … | Ginou |
| Marie-Armelle Deguy | … | Marguerite Monnot |
| Valérie Moreau | … | Jeanne |
| Jean-Paul Muel | … | Bruno Coquatrix |
| André Penvern | … | Jacques Canetti |
| Mario Hacquard | … | Charles Dumont |
| Aubert Fenoy | … | Michel Emer |
| Félix Belleau | … | Robert Juel |
| Ashley Wanninger | … | Leplée’s assistant |
| Nathalie Dorval | … | Mireille |
| Chantal Bronner | … | Josette |
| Cylia Malki | … | Philipo |
| Nathalie Dahan | … | Yvonne |
| Laurent Olmedo | … | Jacques Pills |
| Harry Hadden-Paton | … | Doug Davis |
| Laurent Schilling | … | Claude |
| Dominique Bettenfeld | … | Albert |
| Édith Le Merdy | … | Simone Margantin |
| Josette Ménard | … | Mamy |
| Emy Lévy | … | Brothel girl 1 |
| Laura Stainkrycer | … | Brothel girl 2 (as Laura Stainkrycher) |
| Lucie Brezovská | … | Brothel girl 3 |
| Vera Havelková | … | Brothel girl 4 |
| Jan Kuzelka | … | Brothel customer |
| Dominique Paturel | … | Lucien Roupp |
| Nicholas Pritchard | … | Jameson |
| William Armstrong | … | Clifford Fisher |
| Martin Sochor | … | O’Dett audience member |
| Frederika Smetana | … | O’Dett audience member (as Frédérique Smetana) |
| Lenka Kourilova | … | O’Dett audience member |
| Pierre Derenne | … | P’tit Louis |
| Jan Filipenský | … | Fire eater (as Jan Filipensky) |
| Lara Menini | … | Circus dancer (as Laura Menini) |
| Oldrich Hurych | … | Clown |
| Mathias Honoré | … | M. Loyal |
| Diana Stewart | … | American woman |
| Jean-Jacques Desplanque | … | Tony Zale |
| Alain Figlarz | … | Boxing trainer |
| Robert Paturel | … | Boxing ring corner-man |
| Alban Casterman | … | Charles Aznavour |
| Olivier Cruveiller | … | Inspecteur Guillaume |
| Sébastien Tavel | … | Interviewer |
| Agathe Bodin | … | Suzanne |
| Nicole Dubois | … | Seamstress |
| Martin Janis | … | Jean Mermoz |
| Eric Franquelin | … | Etienne |
| Marc Chapiteau | … | Mitty Goldin |
| Maureen Demidof | … | Marcelle |
| Philippe Bricard | … | Man in Lannes |
| Olivier Raoux | … | Waiter |
| Nathalie Cox | … | Pin-up |
| Pierre Peyrichout | … | Journalist |
| Helena Gabrielová | … | Drunk woman |
| Jaroslav Vízner | … | New year’s eve man |
| Sophie Knittl | … | Bar customer |
| Hélène Genet | … | Bar customer |
| Farida Amrouche | … | Aïcha |
| Liliane Cebrian | … | Palm reader |
| Nicolas Simon | … | Journalist by the church |
| Pascal Mottier | … | Boy |
| Thierry Gibault | … | Ostende doctor (as Thierry Guibault) |
| Garrick Hagon | … | American doctor |
| Ginou Richer | … | Neighbor |
| Vladimír Javorský | … | Street spectator |
| Denis Ménochet | … | Journalist in Orly |
| David Jahn | … | A soldier |
| Sylvie Guichenuy | … | A woman in the street |
| Fabien Duval | … | Policeman |
| Maya Barsony | … | Girl at the bar counter |
| Paulina Nemcova | … | American journalist |
| Rodolphe Saulnier | … | Barman |
| Fédélé Papalia | … | Diner waiter (as Fedele Papalia) |
| Zdena Herfortová | … | Woman Etoile Cafe |
| Pier Luigi Colombetti | … | Brasserie owner |
| Olivier Carbone | … | Transvestite |
| Laurence Gormezano | … | Brasserie waitress |
| Christophe Kourotchkine | … | Civilian policeman |
| Christophe Odent | … | Dr. Bernay |
| Robert Nebrenský | … | Docteur in Dreux |
| Jaromír Janecek | … | Show manager in Dreux |
| Christopher Gunning | … | Orchestra conductor |
| Richard Hein | … | Orchestra conductor |
| Elliot Dahan | … | Child |
| Isaac Dahan | … | Child |
| Jil Aigrot | … | Edith Piaf (singing voice) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia