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List Price: $27.95
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Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve
Directed By: Olivier Dahan
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0026359441226
Format: AC-3
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-11-13
Running Time: 141
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Picturehouse and HBO Films present a critically-acclaimed biopic about the legendary international singing icon Edith Piaf whose voice and talent captivated the world. Starring award-winner Marion Cotillard (A Very Long Engagement A Good Year) in an astonishing performance the film is a portrait of a remarkable artist born into poverty who survived using the only gift she had ? her voice. Piaf?s tragic life was a constant battle to sing and survive to live and love with no regrets.Running Time: 141 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/BIOGRAPHY UPC: 026359441226 Manufacturer No: 94412
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Summary: Memorable
Comment: It is a beautiful story about a woman Edith Piaf, her singing, and her soul. The movie is told in flash backs and is shrouded with darkness, but her voice brings light to the audience. It follows her life and her misfortunes, but always returns to the gift that was given to her, the unbelievable singing. A must watch if not only for the voice.
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Summary: Fascinating
Comment: For a Francophile, music and movie lover, this was a fascinating film. I love biographies as well, and enjoyed trying to understand the French. Admittedly, this represents a rather narrow range of interests, but this is definitely a worthwhile movie.
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Summary: La Vie en Rose
Comment: This is a well made, truly excellent rendition of Edith Piaf's life. It tells the story of her life though a series of flashbacks. It takes us from her humble birth, though the difficult years of her childhood and teen years. This movie helps us better understand the kind of events that helped shape her personality as well as her complexes. Throughout the film we hear her beautiful music which reflects her deep desire to be loved and her unwavering sense of hope. One comes away from the film with sadness for the difficulties she endured thoughout her life but with a great respect for her ability to rise above her problems and create beautiful music.
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Summary: "I regret nothing."
Comment: The story of France's most beloved singer begins in 1918 in a squalid section of Paris. Little Edith is abandoned by her parents and goes to live in her grandmother's brothel. There, she becomes blind from an eye disease and is cared for by the prostitutes. When she recovers her sight, she is forced to join her father as a street performer. Her remarkable singing voice is noticed by a night club manager and she begins her meteoric climb to success, but it is tempered by a series of personal tragedies.
The beautiful Marion Cotillard gives the performance of her life as Edith as she physically transforms several times and is utterly convincing as a scrappy street kid, a sickly drug addict, and finally, a prematurely-aged invalid. She rightly won the Best Actress Oscar for this challenging role.
The movie is in French with English subtitles, but that didn't detract from my enjoyment at all; in fact, hearing the beautiful French throughout made it better. Piaf's voice is heard on all the songs and it's a voice that reflects great pain and inner strength. This is an emotionally-draining film with outstanding acting. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Happy with this slashed price
Comment: This is a film I can watch again and again, primarily because I love the music. Piaf was an amazing force and she's quite a heroine in France. The casting for her role could not have been better and the script stayed true to the real facts of her life. This is an excellent period piece. She is an inspiration.
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