I totally agree with the review of "La Vie en Rose," although buddy needs to get some of his facts straight. (More on that later....) Marion Cotillard sometimes becomes a cartoon or caricature (can't decide which) and her facial expressions often border on the totally bizarre. At some points she looks like she's having some sort of seizure. Still, it's a fiery portrait of a passionate figure. I found it exhausting, but totally absorbing as well. I was by turns charmed and repelled by Piaf, but the movie stays with me. Fascinating stuff.
Fact alert: The man who forces Piaf to enunciate her words and become an actress in her performances was Raymond Asso, not Louis Gassion. Gassion was her father.
Second fact: The voice in the film (referred to with derision as milli-vanilli by 'ribambelle' above) is not that of Piaf herself, but someone named Jil Aigrot. I think she does an amazing job!
I totally agree with the review of "La Vie en Rose," although buddy needs to get some of his facts straight. (More on that later....) Marion Cotillard sometimes becomes a cartoon or caricature (can't decide which) and her facial expressions often border on the totally bizarre. At some points she looks like she's having some sort of seizure. Still, it's a fiery portrait of a passionate figure. I found it exhausting, but totally absorbing as well. I was by turns charmed and repelled by Piaf, but the movie stays with me. Fascinating stuff.
Fact alert: The man who forces Piaf to enunciate her words and become an actress in her performances was Raymond Asso, not Louis Gassion. Gassion was her father.
Second fact: The voice in the film (referred to with derision as milli-vanilli by 'ribambelle' above) is not that of Piaf herself, but someone named Jil Aigrot. I think she does an amazing job!