La Vie En Rose
La Vie En Rose
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1La Vie En Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:28pm
We saw it yesterday & were absolutely blown away
The movie is one of the best biopics I have seen . Marion Cotillard who plays Piaf is fantastic .
As the credits were rolling, Mrs R told me she wanted the DVD. What a shock (not)
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#2re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 1:37pmSeeing it tonight Roxy. Can't wait.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 1:39pm
Mrs R says bring along a box of Kleenex
I assume she can be nominated for an Oscar but the film would have to go into the Foreign language catergory. If she does not get every makor award, there is no justice in the world
#3re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 1:43pmI definitely want to see it as well.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#4re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 1:46pm
Mrs R said things were omitted
I told her the movie was 2:20 & it could have run for 10 ours with her life. Waiting for the DVD with deleted scenes & bio material on her
#5re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 2:08pm
I'm not familiar with Edith Piaf's life story.
But Mr. Roxy? Can you change the title to the proper "La Vie En Rose"? Thanks!
#6re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 2:18pmIt's subtitled, not dubbed right? I saw this in February when i was in France under the original title "La Mome". it was amazing. and they had an interview with Marion Colliard in one of their magazines, and she looks so different in real life!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#7re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 2:20pm
No dubbing
Mrs R is a purist . If a foreign movie is dubbed, she will not see it.
#8re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 3:17pm
Most definitely on my MUST SEE list.
Glad you and the Mrs. liked it Roxy.
#9re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 4:23pmI need to see this.
cheezedoodle
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
#10re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 4:29pmThe soundtrack CD is beautiful. Just a FYI.
#11re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 4:30pmDefinitely on my list.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#12re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 4:33pmDid the actress lip-synch to Piaf recordings, or sing them?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#13re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 4:41pmLip-synch perfectly. If you did not know ahead of time, you would never know
#14re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 4:49pmPiaf's life is so interesting and tragic. She's one of my favourite singers of all time, I'll absolutely have to see this movie.
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#15re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 9:25pmI saw a fabulous Broadway show about Piaf decades ago - can't remember who the actress was who played Piaf but she was extraordinary. Anyone recall who it was?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#16re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 9:37pm
Her name was Jean Lapatoire
The spelling may be wrong however
She (Piaf) makes Judy Garland's life look absolutlely heavenly by comparison
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#18re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 9:47pm
Roxy;
Just came from the film. She was fabulous. The film felt a tad long. But that is just a quibble.
#19re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 9:55pm
I thought this was going to be about that French movie about the little boy who desires to be a girl.
Incidentally, just last week I enlightened my mom about Edith Piaf. She didn't know who she was.
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#20re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 10:05pmhaha, that one's MA vie en rose
#21re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 10:33pmThey did a piece on it today on the Sunday Morning show on CBS. I looks like a definite must-see!
#22re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/17/07 at 10:48pm
Her name was Jean Lapatoire
It's Jane Lapotaire, and she won the Tony for her portrayal of Piaf.
I can't wait to see this movie.
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#23re: La Vien Rose
Posted: 6/18/07 at 6:54pmGotta see this flick...her cover of 'Ne Me Quitte Pas' is the most moving song I've ever heard in my life.
#24re: La Vie En Rose
Posted: 7/8/07 at 9:03pm
An amazing film.
I thought that there were 3 different actresses playing the adult Edith, but was amazed when I found out that only Marion Colliard played the 3 ages of Piaf I was FLOORED! She is amazing, perfect lip-synching, and an utter joy to watch onscreen.
The opening, with strains of "Heaven Have Mercy", was chilling and wonderful. The finale with Piaf's final concert done without sound was a perfect ending to this gem of a movie.
The soundtrack is on permanent rotation in my CD player.
Lovely, heartbreaking, fabulous, elegant. Wonderful!
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