La Vie En Rose

Did you think Amy Winehouse had the market on crazy? In La Vie En Rose, Marion Cotillard gives us a performance of a lifetime playing Parisian singer Edith Piaf. So good that she won an Oscar for Best Actress in 2007. So good that they should give her another one just for being so damn good.





There isn't much to be happy about in this film. If you are looking for a movie to make you smile or feel good you need to look elsewhere. This is a true tragedy. In fact if it wasn't for her music, I don't imagine that she would have lived much past her twentieth birthday.

Piaf was one of the most amazing singers of her time. And her tragic life added to the feeling in her music, thus making it so powerful for everyone who listened. Check it out.

La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf


Even if you aren't too interested in foreign films (French film subtitled in English) or a story of this nature, you should check it out just to see the amazing transformation and acting by Marion Cotillard.

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I haven't seen such a transformation since Charlize Theron in Monster.

This is an amazing biopic that everyone should see once.

4 stars for the movie, 5 stars for the performance.