Today’s movie is a
biographical drama with a scene that happens on February 16. Watch it tonight
and enjoy. SPOILER ALERT!
LA VIE EN ROSE
On February 16,
1959 [00:43 to 2:29] Edith Piaf, famous French chanteuse, collapses while
singing in New York City. Edith was born to a street performer mother, but at
age 4 her father took her to be raised by his mother, who ran a bordello in
Paris. Edith became the pet of the girls who worked there. After several years
her acrobat father returned for her and she sang while he performed acrobatics
in the street. Edith is hired by Louis Leplee a nightclub owner as a singer and
in spite of his murder, she gradually with the help of songwriter Raymond Asso
becomes a well known and popular performer. Edith begins an affair with Marcel
Cerdan, a famous boxer and is devastated when he is killed in an airplane
crash. She later becomes a drug addict and dies of cancer at the young age of
47.
The date is given in the film at 1:00
Director - Olivier Dahan
Producer - Alain Goldman
Screenplay - Isabelle Sobelman and Olivier Dahan
Awards – Marion Cotillard won the
Best Actress Oscar and the film won the Best Makeup Oscar. The film was also
nominated for the Best Costume Design Oscar at the 80th Academy
Awards
Released – Fenruary 8, 2007
Runtime – 2 hours 20 minutes
Starring –
Marion Cotillard as Édith Piaf
Gérard Depardieu as Louis Leplée
Sylvie Testud as Mômone (Simone Berteaut)
Jean-Pierre Martins as Marcel Cerdan
Emmanuelle Seigner as Titine
Pascal Greggory as Louis Barrier
Catherine Allégret as Louise Gassion
Jean-Paul Rouve as Louis Gassion
Clotilde Courau as Anetta Gassion
Marie-Armelle Deguy as Marguerite Monnot
Marc Barbé as Raymond Asso
Pavlína Němcová as American journalist
Harry Hadden-Paton as Doug Davis
Caroline Sihol as Marlene Dietrich
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.
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