La Vie En Rose (2007)
On a cold, windy, wet, gray day it's best to just hole up in the house for the afternoon with your cute baby & a friend and watch a super depressing, yet very good film about a French singer named Edith Piaf. Anyway - that's what I did today.
La Vie En Rose is the story of Ms Piaf and her tragic life from living as a child on the streets, in a brothel and with the circus, to her street-started singing career to world fame. Marian Cotillard is truly amazing in this role - she becomes Edith and is totally watchable. Piaf is not always likable and is often obnoxious, arrogant, tempestuous and annoying but there's something about her that you can't stop watching. It's a tragic story - more downs than ups - but is a good watch nonetheless. The music hangs in the air all around you and made me wish I was sitting in a Parisian cafe, sipping a glass of wine and staring at the Eiffel Tower.
This film has it's share of gaps & is told in a manner which jumps & skips a bit, doesn't always tell you where & when we're at but overall it was an enjoyable watch. The holes were filled in at Wikipedia after viewing....
La Vie En Rose is the story of Ms Piaf and her tragic life from living as a child on the streets, in a brothel and with the circus, to her street-started singing career to world fame. Marian Cotillard is truly amazing in this role - she becomes Edith and is totally watchable. Piaf is not always likable and is often obnoxious, arrogant, tempestuous and annoying but there's something about her that you can't stop watching. It's a tragic story - more downs than ups - but is a good watch nonetheless. The music hangs in the air all around you and made me wish I was sitting in a Parisian cafe, sipping a glass of wine and staring at the Eiffel Tower.
This film has it's share of gaps & is told in a manner which jumps & skips a bit, doesn't always tell you where & when we're at but overall it was an enjoyable watch. The holes were filled in at Wikipedia after viewing....
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