La Vie en Rose

Name: La Vie en Rose
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Released: June 8, 2007
Duration: 140 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud

2007

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Picturehouse Entertainment | Release Date: June 8, 2007 | PG-13

Starring: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud

Summary: A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. [Picturehouse]

Director: Olivier Dahan

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Music

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 140 min

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Roger Ebert

Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose, one of the best biopics I've seen, tells Piaf's life story through the extraordinary performance of Marion Cotillard, who looks like the singer. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

It's sometimes wrenching to watch, but it's too gripping to turn away from. Read full review

Michael Sragow

Cotillard brings honesty to histrionics. She makes Piaf - "the little sparrow" - soar. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

The film is long and sometimes harrowing, but also enthralling. Read full review

Staff (Not credited)

There's a riveting tale within this awkward litany of pivotal moments. Still, despite the film's uneven nature, Cotillard's extraordinary performance is worth experiencing. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

The film is messy the way Piaf's life was messy: It's unafraid of extravagant gestures even when they fail to come off. Read full review

Richard Schickel

There is no rhyme or reason to this jumble -- except perhaps to stress Edith's endless self-victimization. This lack of narrative coherence naturally has the effect of distancing us from her story. Read full review

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Hihihahahoho

Dec 6, 2020

Definitely the best performance I've ever seen. Marion became my favorite actress after this movie

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Kevin

Jun 23, 2007

A great movie! Its dream like sequence presumes that the audience is either familiar with Edith's life or will be motivated to find out more after the movie. The random sequence is untidy but quite original and works well in this case. Biopics that start at the end like "Evita" are no A great movie! Its dream like sequence presumes that the audience is either familiar with Edith's life or will be motivated to find out more after the movie. The random sequence is untidy but quite original and works well in this case. Biopics that start at the end like "Evita" are no longer that original. Marion Cotillard makes you believe that she is Edith. My only complaint is that the movies does overdramatize an already difficult life when it did not need to. I for one would not call Edith's life a tragic one, but one filled with tremendous highs and loves, in addititon to shattering and tragic lows. Of note, Edith was surrounded by people who truly cared about her and she died in the arms of a much younger second husband who catered to her every need. Unlike many tragic figures, she did not die alone.… Expand