La Vie en Rose

Year:

2007

Duration:

140 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Music

IMDB rate:

7.7

Director:

Olivier Dahan

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 46 wins & 50 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 2007-02-14

Filming Locations: Brasserie Julien, 16 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, Paris 10, Paris, France

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $179,848 (USA) (10 June 2007)

Gross: $10,299,782 (USA) (6 April 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Marion Cotillard

La Vie en Rose

Sylvie Testud

Mômone

Pascal Greggory

Louis Barrier

Emmanuelle Seigner

Titine

Jean-Paul Rouve

Louis Gassion

Gérard Depardieu

Louis Leplée

Clotilde Courau

Anetta

Jean-Pierre Martins

Marcel Cerdan

Catherine Allégret

Louise

Marc Barbé

Raymond Asso

Caroline Sihol

Marlene Dietrich

Manon Chevallier

Edith - 5 years old

Pauline Burlet

Edith - 10 years old

Elisabeth Commelin

Danielle Bonel

Marc Gannot

Marc Bonel

Caroline Raynaud

Ginou

Marie-Armelle Deguy

Marguerite Monnot

Valérie Moreau

Jeanne

Jean-Paul Muel

Bruno Coquatrix

André Penvern

Jacques Canetti

Mario Hacquard

Charles Dumont

Aubert Fenoy

Michel Emer

Félix Belleau

Robert Juel

Ashley Wanninger

Leplée's assistant

Nathalie Dorval

Mireille

Chantal Bronner

Josette

Cylia Malki

Philipo

Nathalie Dahan

Yvonne

Laurent Olmedo

Jacques Pills

Harry Hadden-Paton

Doug Davis

Laurent Schilling

Claude

Dominique Bettenfeld

Albert

Édith Le Merdy

Simone Margantin

Josette Ménard

Mamy

Emy Lévy

Brothel girl 1

Laura Stainkrycer

Brothel girl 2 (as Laura Stainkrycher)

Lucie Brezovská

Brothel girl 3

Vera Havelková

Brothel girl 4

Jan Kuzelka

Brothel customer

Dominique Paturel

Lucien Roupp

Nicholas Pritchard

Jameson

William Armstrong

Clifford Fisher

Martin Sochor

O'Dett audience member

Frederika Smetana

O'Dett audience member (as Frédérique Smetana)

Lenka Kourilova

O'Dett audience member

Pierre Derenne

P'tit Louis

Jan Pavel Filipensky

Fire eater (as Jan Filipensky)

Lara Menini

Circus dancer (as Laura Menini)

Oldrich Hurych

Clown

Mathias Honoré

M. Loyal

Diana Stewart

American woman

Jean-Jacques Desplanque

Tony Zale

Alain Figlarz

Boxing trainer

Robert Paturel

Boxing ring corner-man

Alban Casterman

Charles Aznavour

Olivier Cruveiller

Inspecteur Guillaume

Sébastien Tavel

Interviewer

Agathe Bodin

Suzanne

Nicole Dubois

Seamstress

Martin Janis

Jean Mermoz

Eric Franquelin

Etienne

Marc Chapiteau

Mitty Goldin

Maureen Demidof

Marcelle

Philippe Bricard

Man in Lannes

Olivier Raoux

Waiter

Nathalie Cox

Pin-up

Pierre Peyrichout

Journalist

Yelena Gabrielova

Drunk woman (as Helena Gabrielova)

Jaroslav Vízner

New year's eve man

Sophie Knittl

Bar customer

Hélène Genet

Bar customer

Farida Amrouche

Aïcha

Liliane Cebrian

Palm reader

Nicolas Simon

Journalist by the church

Pascal Mottier

Boy

Thierry Gibault

Ostende doctor (as Thierry Guibault)

Garrick Hagon

American doctor

Ginou Richer

Neighbor

Vladimír Javorský

Street spectator

Denis Ménochet

Journalist in Orly

David Jahn

A soldier

Sylvie Guichenuy

A woman in the street

Fabien Duval

Policeman

Maya Barsony

Girl at the bar counter

Paulina Nemcova

American journalist

Rodolphe Saulnier

Barman

Fedele Papalia

Diner waiter

Zdena Herfortová

Woman Etoile Cafe

Pier Luigi Colombetti

Brasserie owner

Olivier Carbone

Transvestite

Laurence Gormezano

Brasserie waitress

Christophe Kourotchkine

Civilian policeman

Christophe Odent

Dr. Bernay

Robert Nebrenský

Docteur in Dreux

Jaromír Janecek

Show manager in Dreux

Christopher Gunning

Orchestra conductor

Richard Hein

Orchestra conductor

Elliot Dahan

Child

Isaac Dahan

Child

Jil Aigrot

Edith Piaf

Gérard Robert Gratadour

Voyou de Belleville

Jean-Luc Julien

Clifford Fisher

Marek Vasut

Le docteur à belleville

Eric Dahan

Accordion player (uncredited)

David Fellowes

Recording engineer (uncredited)

Anika Julien

Various Roles (voice) (uncredited)

Lana Likic

Mr. Jameson's Assistant (uncredited)

Ryan McBay

Lifeguard (uncredited)

Alexandre Mermaz

Street spectator (uncredited)

Chris Toma

American Waiter (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

To help portray Édith Piaf, Marion Cotillard shaved back her hairline and shaved off her eyebrows, which were later penciled in, to better resemble the singer.

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Marion Cotillard shrank her body from its petite 5'6" frame to Piaf's minuscule 4'11" stature by crippling and curling her form.

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Make-up could take up to five hours for Marion Cotillard when she played the older Édith Piaf.

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Goofs

The caption that opens the Édith/Marcel Cerdan portion, which includes his fight, says "1947". Cerdan fought Tony Zale on 21 September 1948.

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During Edith's first date with Marcel, a sommelier comes from Marcel's right. Marcel tastes the wine, looks to his left, and tells the waiter that the wine is OK.

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Just before the scene where a young soldier plays a song for Edith in her apartment, a supertitle reads "February 1940." The magazine "Paris Match" is on the coffee table. Paris Match was founded in 1949.

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Quotes

Edith Piaf: You're marvelous! This is exactly what I've been waiting for! It's incredible! It's me! That's my life, it's me.

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Raymond Asso: You're an immense artist!

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Edith Piaf: In three months... that's right, in April, I'll be a hit at the Olympic. With a full house, we'll be flush.

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Faq

Q

Did Édith actually claim to have visions of Ste Thérèse of Lisieux or was this just a plot device?

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Q

How do you translate "la vie en rose"?

A

Literally, la vie en rose translates as life in pink. Figuratively, it is similar to the English idiom life through rose-colored glasses, i.e., optimistic, rosy, idealized.

Q

What song was Édith singing when...

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