La Vie En Rose (2007)

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Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Jun 8, 2007
Running Time: 140 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue French, subtitled English
Country Of Origin: France
Country Of Origin: Czech Republic
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
synopsis
From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love. Raised in poverty, Edith's magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period--Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others--made her a star all around the world. But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the Little Sparrow--her nickname--flew so high she could not fail to burn her wings.
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Edith Piaf
Anetta Gassion
Louis Gassion
Momone
Louis Barrier
Marcel Cerdan
Louis Leplee
Marlene Dietrich
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Vivid and emotional--but also disjointed and melodramatic--Olivier Dahan's Edith Piaf biopic La Vie en Rose is all about Marion Cotillard's passionate performance.

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Told in a sometimes-confusing collection of flashbacks and flash forwards, La Vie en Rose traces the beloved French singer's troubled life from her early years in her grandmother's Normandy brothel to her death at age 47 as a frail, morphine-addicted wreck. Born Edith Giovanna Gassion in 1915 Paris, Piaf first won fans as a… Continued