Vie en Rose (La)Môme (La)

Overview

Credits non contractual

  • Awards:

    • French box office: $36.5M (more than 5,000,000 admissions)

  • Details:

    • 140 min - Biography / Portrait - French - 2006
    • Color - Scope - Dolby SRD - HD masters available

  • Written by:

    • Olivier Dahan

  • Directed by:

    • Olivier Dahan (Crimson Rivers 2, Little Tom Thumb)

  • Cast:

    • Marion Cotillard (A Good Year, Big Fish, A very long Engagement, Love Me if You Dare)
    • Sylvie Testud
    • Gérard Depardieu (36, Nathalie...)
    • Jean-Paul Rouve (A very long Engagement, Monsieur Batignole)
    • Pascal Greggory (Arsène Lupin, The Nest, The Messenger: the Story of Joan of Arc)
    • Clotilde Courau (A very long Engagement, See how they Run)

  • Produced by:

    • Légende in coproduction with Songbird Pictures Limited and Okko Productions

  • Delivery:

    • Completed

  • Medias:

  • Photos

    Photos: B. Calvo - Bruno Calvo

  • Synopsis

    From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love. Raised in poverty, Edith's magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period -Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others- made her a star all around the world. But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the Little Sparrow - her nickname - flew so high she could not fail to burn her wings.
    The most exciting and ambitious project of French cinema in 2007.

  • Leading cast

    EDITH PIAF
    Marion COTILLARD
    (A Good Year, Big Fish, A Very Long Engagement, Love Me If You Dare, Taxi 1, 2 & 3)

    MOMONE
    Sylvie TESTUD
    (Fear and Trembling)

    LEPLEE
    Gérard DEPARDIEU
    (36, Nathalie, RRRrrr..., Ruby and Quentin, Vatel, Vidocq...)

    LOUIS GASSION
    Jean-Paul ROUVE
    (A very long engagement, Monsieur Batignole, Astérix and Obélix 2, Tanguy, Little Tom Thumb)

    LOUIS BARRIER
    Pascal GREGGORY
    (Arsene Lupin, The Nest, The Messenger: the Story of Joan of Arc)

    ANETTA
    Clotilde COURAU
    (A Very Long Engagement, See How They Run)

    TITINE
    Emmanuelle SEIGNER
    (The Ninth Gate, Place Vendôme)

    CERDAN
    Jean-Pierre MARTINS
    (Empire of the Wolves)

    MARLENE DIETRICH
    Caroline SILHOL
    (All the Mornings of the World)

  • Crew

    Screenplay and direction
    Olivier Dahan
    (Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse,
    Ghost river - selection at the Golden Sea Shell Award and San Sebastian Film Festival,
    Little Tom Thumb,
    Déjà mort,
    Already Dead,
    Frères: La roulette rouge)

    Screenplay adaptation
    Olivier Dahan and Isabelle Sobelmann

    Original music
    Christopher Gunning

    DoP
    Tetsuo Nagata
    (The Secret Adventures of Gustave Klopp,
    Blueberry,
    Riders,
    Officer's Ward - Best cinematography at the Cesar Awards 2002)

    Production designer
    Olivier Raoux
    (Crimson Rivers 2)

    Costumes
    Marit Allen
    (Eyes Wide Shut,
    Brokeback Mountain,
    Hulk,
    All The King's Men)

    Film editor
    Richard Marizy
    (Crimson Rivers 2)

    Producer
    Alain Goldman
    (Babylon A.D. directed by Matthieu Kassovitz,
    La Vie en Rose directed by Olivier Dahan,
    14,99 Euros directed by Jan Kounen,
    Animal directed by Roselyne Bosch,
    The Corsican File directed by Alain Berbérian,
    Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse directed by Olivier Dahan,
    Le Pacte du Silence directed by Graham Guit,
    The Code directed by Manuel Boursinhac,
    The Crimson Rivers directed by Matthieu Kassovitz,
    Vatel directed by Roland Joffé - Academy Awards 2001: selection at the best art direction award, César Awards 2001: best production design award and selection at the best costume design
    Bimboland directed by Ariel Zeitoun,
    In All Innocence directed by Pierre Jolivet - César Awards 1999: selection at the best promising actor award for Guillaume Canet,
    XXL directed by Ariel Zeitoun,
    Amour et Confusions directed by Patrick Braoudé,
    Casino directed by Martin Scorsese,
    1492: Conquest of Paradise directed by Ridley Scott - Golden Globes Awards 1993: nomination for the best original score award)

  • Music

    Tiny, frail, and tragic in her life, Piaf brought French identity to the rest of the world in a way that was understandable to all. Known as "the Little Sparrow", Edith Piaf's voice was strong, bold, and passionate. Piaf had massive popular and international success with titles such as La Vie en Rose, Non, Je ne Regrette Rien, L'Hymne à l'Amour, etc.

    The film features internationally famous songs:

    - remastered 5.1 original recordings by Edith Piaf: Heaven have a Mercy, Milord, La Vie En Rose, Mon Dieu, L'Hymne A l'Amour, Rien de Rien, Cri du Coeur.

    - one track by Esther Lekain     (La Petite Tonkinoise), one track by Damia (L'Etranger)...

    Marion Cotillard performs the song Frou Frou.
    Clotilde Courau and Emmanuelle Seigner sing renditions on screen of, respectively, Moi, Je M'Ennuie     (Damia) and Il M'a Vu Nue (Mistinguett).

  • Edith's Biography

    Edith Piaf (December 19, 1915 - October 11, 1963) was one of France's most beloved singers. Her music reflected her tragic life, with her specialty being the poignant ballad presented with a heartbreaking voice. The most famous songs performed by Piaf were La Vie en Rose (1946), Milord (1959), and Non, Je ne Regrette Rien (1960).
    She was born Edith Giovanna Gassion in Paris, France; her mother worked as a cafe singer and her father was a well-known travelling acrobat. Abandoned by her mother, she was raised by her paternal grandmother, who ran a brothel in Normandy. From age 3 to 7, she was blind. As part of Edith Piaf's legend, she allegedly recovered her sight after her grandmother's prostitutes went to a pilgrimage to Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux.
    Later she lived for a while with her alcoholic father, whom she left by age 15 to become a street singer in Paris.
    In 1935, Edith was discovered by the nightclub owner Louis
    Leplée whose club was frequented by the upper and lower classes alike.
    He convinced Edith to sing despite her extreme nervousness, and gave her the nickname that would stay with her for the rest of her life: La Mome Piaf     (The Little Sparrow).
    From this, she took her stage name. Her first record was produced in the same year.
    Shortly thereafter, Leplée was murdered and Piaf was accused of being an accessory; she was acquitted.
    In 1940, Jean Cocteau wrote the successful play Le Bel Indifferent for her to star in.
    She began to make friends with famous people, such as the actor Maurice Chevalier and the poet Jacques Borgeat. She wrote her signature song, La Vie en Rose, in the middle of the German occupation in World War II. During this time, she was in great demand and very successful.
    Singing for high-ranking Germans at the One Two Two Club earned Edith Piaf the right to pose for photos with French prisoners of war, ostensibly as a morale-boosting exercise.
    Once in possession of their celebrity photos, prisoners were able to cut out their own images and use them in forged papers as part of escape plans. Today, Edith Piaf's association with the French Resistance is well known and many owe their lives to her. After the war, Edith toured Europe, the United States, and South America, becoming an internationally known figure.
    She helped to launch the career of Charles Aznavour, taking him on tour with her in France and to the United States.
    Piaf had one child, a daughter, Marcelle, who died at the age of two in 1935; the child's father was Louis Dupont.
    The great love of Piaf's life, the boxer Marcel Cerdan,died in 1949. Piaf was married twice.
    Her first husband was Jacques Pills, a singer; they married in 1952 and divorced in 1956.
    Her second husband, Theophanis Lamboukas    (a.k.a. Théo Sarapo), was a 20-years-younger hairdresser turned singer and actor; they married in 1962.
    The Paris Olympia is the place where Edith Piaf achieved fame and where, just a few months before her death, she gave one of her most memorable concerts while barely able to stand. In early 1963, Edith recorded her last song, L'homme de Berlin.
    Piaf died of cancer in Cannes on October 11,1963, the same day as her friend Jean Cocteau. She was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. Although forbidden a Mass by the Roman Catholic archbishop of Paris    (because of her lifestyle), her funeral procession drew hundreds of thousands of mourners onto the streets of Paris and the ceremony at the cemetery was jammed with more than forty thousand fans. Charles Aznavour recalled that Piaf's funeral procession was the only time, since the end of World War II, that Parisian traffic came to a complete stop.
    There is a museum dedicated to Piaf, the Musée Edith Piaf at 5, rue Crespin du Gast,75011, Paris. Today she is still remembered and revered as one of the greatest singers France has ever produced. Her life was one of sharp contrasts: the range of her fame as opposed to her tragic personal life, and her fragile small figure on stage with the resounding power of her voice.

  • Press

    "A film that will electrify the crowds."
    COSMOPOLITAN

    "The most astonishing immersion of one performer into the body and soul of another I've ever encountered on film."
    THE NEW YORK TIMES

    "This film is a total success."
    PREMIERE

    "Marion Cotillard, stunning... A deeply moving film."
    PARIS MATCH

  • Awards

    Golden Globes 2008: Best performance by an actress in a motion picture - comedy or musical for Marion Cotillard

    BAFTA Awards 2008:
    Best Actress
    Best Music
    Best Costumes
    Best Make up and Hair Design

    Academy Awards 2008:
    Best Actress - Marion Cotillard
    Best Make Up
    Nomination for the Best Costume Design

    Cesar Awards 2008: 5 awards and 6 nominations
    Best Actress - Marion Cotillard
    Best Production Design
    Best Photography
    Best Costume Design
    Best Sound
    nominations:
    Best Director
    Best Supporting Actor - Pascal Greggory
    Best Supporting Actress - Sylvie Testud
    Best Film
    Best Writing     (Original)
    Best Editing

    Berlinale 2007: Film in official selection - Opening Film - In competition

    Philadelphia Film Festival 2007 : Audience Award - Best Feature Film

    SIFF 2007 - Seattle International Film Festival 2007
    Golden Space Needle Audience Awards
    Audience Award - Best Actress
    Audience Award - Best Film 3rd Place
    Audience Award - Best Director 4th Place

    Cabourg Romantic Film Festival 2007: Marion Cotillard, Best Actress

    Sannio FilmFest de Sant'Agata de'Goti 2007    (Italy) Golden Capitals
    Best Actress of the Year for a « film in costume »     (Whose setting is not contemporary)

    NRJ Cine Awards 2007
    Top Box Office for a Film
    The Frenchie of the Year - Marion Cotillard
    Best Look - Marion Cotillard

    Hollywood Film Festival 2007
    Hollywood Breakthrough Actress of the Year

    The British Independant Film Awards 2007: Nomination for the Best Foreigh Film

    20th European Film Awards 2007: 4 nominations :
    European Film 2007
    European Actress 2007
    European Film Academy Prix d'Excellence 2007     (for the make up)
    The People's Choice Award 2007

    Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2007: Best Actress

    Boston Society of Film Critics 2007: Best Actress

    Chicago Film Critics Association 2007: 2 nominations
    Best Film in a Foreign Language
    Best Actress

    12th Annual Satellite Awards     (International Press Academy) 2007
    7 nominations:
    Best Actress
    Best Supporting Actor
    Best Director
    Best Film
    Best Editing
    Best Sound
    Best Costumes

    19th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2008: Breakthrough Actress Performance Award

    13th Broadcast Film Critics Awards Ceremony 2008: 2 nominations :
    Best Actress
    Best Film in a Foreign Language

    13eme Cérémonie des Lumières 2007: 4 nominations
    Best Actress
    TV5 Award
    Best Film
    Best Director

    Trophées du Film Français 2008
    Best French Film of the Year
    Best Team of the Year - Director / Producer

    Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2007
    Virtuoso Award for Marion Cotillard

    London Film Critics' Circle Ceremony 2008: 1 nomination
    Best Actress

    Irish Film & TV Awards 2008: 1 nomination
    Film International