Vie en Rose

Theatrical Release Date: 2007 06 08 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 026359441226

Studio: HBO Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Mild Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations]

Summary: 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 Lepl?e (G?rard 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

Category: Drama

Awards: In Competition – Berlin International Film Festival Film Presented – San Francisco International Film Festival Best Foreign Film – National Board of Review Best Actress – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Actress – Boston Society of Film Critics Best Actress – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Foreign Language Film – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – null Best Foreign Language Film – Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actress – Chicago Film Critics Association Best Foreign Language Film – Southeastern Film Critics Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Golden Satellite Award Best Supporting Actress – Golden Satellite Award Best Director – Golden Satellite Award Best Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Foreign Language Film – Golden Satellite Award Best Actress – Detroit Film Critics Society Best Actress – African American Film Critics Best Actress – National Society of Film Critics Best Actress – Kansas City Film Critics Association Best Foreign Language Film – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Foreign Language Film – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Music – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Production Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Costume Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Makeup and Hair – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Makeup and Hair – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Makeup – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Stepping Into Character - featurette detailing Marion Cotillard's amazing transformation into ?dith Piaf

Vie en Rose

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 11/13/2007

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 141 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- La Vie en Rose [Extended Version]
1. Heaven Have Mercy [9:04]
2. Keeping ?dith [12:33]
3. Carried Away by the Crowd [8:29]
4. That's My Daughter [9:34]
5. Louis Lepl?e [10:34]
6. The Sparrow [9:32]
7. Back to Chalons [9:58]
8. Triumph [10:14]
9. In a World Apart [8:08]
10. One More Song [10:57]
11. Willing to Sacrifice All [13:19]
12. California Sun [7:03]
13. Everyone's Here [8:39]
14. The Curtain Goes Up [6:54]
15. Credits [5:17]

Derek Armstrong

When Marion Cotillard won the Best Actress Oscar for La Vie en Rose, it was one of the least-seen Best Actress performances in history, up there with Jessica Lange for Blue Sky. The win also left some pundits blaming that year's low TV ratings on a disconnect between Academy voters and the tastes of their audiences. But anyone familiar with Cotillard's earlier career -- an even smaller list -- would marvel at the utter transformation she underwent to portray Edith Piaf during the most sputtering, sallow, and irascible stages of her life. And that's just one of the ways in which recognizing Cotillard is consistent with Oscar standards. Beautiful enough to make her living as a model, Cotillard was just past 30 when she played Piaf. Yet her performance is so ragged and lived-in, it's hard to believe the singer was as young as 47 when liver cancer claimed her. (Thanks also go to the Oscar-winning makeup by Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald.) As saucy as her characterization is, and as precisely as she impersonates Piaf's emotive showmanship, Cotillard does not have to carry this film, thanks to the terrific production design and the bravura of director Olivier Dahan. He's strong throughout, smoothly transitioning the action through the years to the tune of Piaf's incomparable voice. But in one particular sequence, when Piaf learns that her lover has died in a plane crash, he sustains a single traveling shot through her apartment, taking in her range of deteriorating emotions over the course of several minutes. It's in the same category of achievement as the more widely celebrated long takes in Children of Men and Atonement. La Vie en Rose is a biopic that's world-class in every sense, and Oscar's ability to recognize that says more, rather than less, about its contemporary relevance. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Manon Chevallier  Actor 
Christopher Gunning  Composer (Music Score) 
Olivier Dahan  Director 
Olivier Dahan  Screenwriter 
Ilan Goldman  Producer 
Isabelle Sobelman  Screenwriter 
Marion Cotillard  Actor 
Sylvie Testud  Actor 
Pascal Greggory  Actor 
Emmanuelle Seigner  Actor 
Jean-Paul Rouve  Actor 
Clotilde Courau  Actor 
Jean-Pierre Martins  Actor 
Catherine Allegret  Actor 
Marc Barbé  Actor 
Cassandre Berger  Actor 
Caroline Sihol  Actor 
Pauline Burlet  Actor 
Gérard Depardieu  Actor 
Elisabeth Commelin  Actor 
Caroline Raynaud  Actor 
Marie-Armelle de Guy  Actor 
Valeria Moreau  Actor 
Jean-Paul Muel  Actor 
André Penvern  Actor 
Mario Hacquard  Actor 
Aubert Fenoy  Actor 
Felix Belleau  Actor 
Ashley Wanninger  Actor 
Nathalie Dorval  Actor 
Chantal Bronner  Actor 
Cylia Malki  Actor 
Nathalie Dahan  Actor 
Laurent Olmedo  Actor 
Harry Hadden-Paton  Actor 
Laurent Schilling  Actor 
Dominique Bettenfeld  Actor 
Edith Le Merdy  Actor 
Josette Menard  Actor 
Emy Levy  Actor 
Lucie Stainkrycher  Actor 
Vera Havelková  Actor 
Jan Kuzelka  Actor 
Dominique Paturel  Actor 
Nicholas Pritchard  Actor 
William Armstrong  Actor 
Martin Sochor  Actor 
Frederique Smetana  Actor 
Lenka Kourilova  Actor 
Pierre Derenne  Actor 
Jan Filipensky  Actor 
Laura Menini  Actor 
Oldrich Hurych  Actor 
Mathias Honore  Actor 
Diana Stewart  Actor 
Jean-Jacques Desplanque  Actor 
Alain Figlarz  Actor 
Robert Paturel  Actor 
Alban Casterman  Actor 
Olivier Cruveiller  Actor 
Sébastien Tavel  Actor 
Agathe Bodin  Actor 
Nicole Dubois  Actor 
Martin Janis  Actor 
Eric Franquelin  Actor 
Marc Chapiteau  Actor 
Maureen Demidof  Actor 
Philippe Bricard  Actor 
Olivier Raoux  Actor 
Nathalie Cox  Actor 
Pierre Peyrichout  Actor 
Helena Gabrielova  Actor 
Jaroslav Vizner  Actor 
Sophie Knitti  Actor 
Helene Genet  Actor 
Farida Amrouche  Actor 
Liliane Cebrian  Actor 
Nicolas Simon  Actor 
Pascal Mottier  Actor 
Thierry Guibault  Actor 
Garick Hagon  Actor 
Ginou Richer  Actor 
Vladimir Javorsky  Actor 
Denis Menochet  Actor 
David Jahn  Actor 
Sylvie Guichenuy  Actor 
Fabien Duval  Actor 
Pauline Nemcova  Actor 
Maya Barsony  Actor 
Rodolphe Saulnier  Actor 
Fedele Papalia  Actor 
Zdena Herforova  Actor 
Pier Luigi Colombetti  Actor 
Olivier Carbone  Actor 
Laurence Gormezano  Actor 
Christophe Kourotchkine  Actor 
Christophe Odent  Actor 
Robert Nebrensky  Actor 
Jaromir Janácek  Actor 
Christopher Gunning  Actor 
Richard Hein  Actor 
Elliot Dahan  Actor 
Isaac Dahan  Actor 
Jil Aigrot  Actor 

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