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La môme (2007) -- The life story of singer Edith Piaf.
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Writers:
Olivier Dahan (writer)
Isabelle Sobelman (writer)
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Release Date:
14 February 2007 (Belgium) more
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The extraordinary life of Edith Piaf more
Plot:
The life story of singer Édith Piaf. full summary | full synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 33 nominations more
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Also Known As:
La vie en rose (UK) (USA) (new title)
Edith Piaf (Czech Republic)
Life in Pink (USA) (informal alternative title)
The Little Girl (USA) (literal English title)
The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf (International: English title)
Untitled Edith Piaf Project (France) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for substance abuse, sexual content, brief nudity, language and thematic elements. (also extended edition)
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140 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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Make-up could take up to five hours for Marion Cotillard when she played the older Edith Piaf. more
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Anachronisms: The caption that opens the Édith/Marcel Cerdan portion, which includes his fight, says "1947". Cerdan fought Tony Zale on 21 September 1948. more
Quotes:
Edith Piaf: Americans want beauties, not me. I'm not the Parisian bombshell they expected. Can you see me as a chorus girl? Where's my feather up the ass? They think I'm sad, they're dumb. I don't connect to them. more
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52 out of 62 people found the following review useful.
La Vie En Rose, Thorns and All, 5 June 2007
9/10
Author: mamayn from United States

I saw this film at the French Film Festival in New York in April, and the memory of it still leaves me shattered. It is a brutally candid portrayal of Edith Piaf, who was known as La Mome, or the Little Sparrow. She had a violent, drug-filled and tragic private life, making Billie Holiday look like a Catholic school girl by comparison. (She was proud of being the same age as Holiday, and often referred to her in conversation.) Marian Cotillard is simply amazing in the role. She captures Piaf's looks perfectly, and her brushes with illness as well as her fame are vividly portrayed. Gerard Depardieu makes only a brief appearance, but the rest of the cast does a fine job. The more I have thought about this film, the more it reminds me of 8 1/2, and wonder if others will see the similarities. The only thing that keeps me from giving it a 10 is that by the end, the audience is completely wrung out, and there seems to be a one-note aspect to it. Perhaps a bit of editing would have done the trick. In any case, this is head and shoulders above most summer fare and any film or cabaret music buff will enjoy it.

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