148 reviews
Sales Rank: 811

Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 141
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6

MPN: 94412
UPC: 026359441226
EAN: 0026359441226
ASIN: B00005JPX8

Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: November 13, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
Edith Piaf is the subject of La Vie en Rose, director Olivier Dahan's powerful if emotionally redundant biographical film about the iconic French superstar whose life, as depicted here, seems to have been a numbing succession of tragedies interrupted on occasion by artistic triumph. Dahan's portrait begins with Piaf's stay in a brothel as a young girl. Left to the care of her grandmother (who runs the place) after her father pulls her away from a narcissistic mother, Piaf undergoes significant health problems and grows up to sing on the street in lieu of outright prostitution. The film pulses along with the usual biopic rhythms, with pivotal moments in the life of Piaf (played as an adult by Marion Cotillard) turning up regularly only to be smacked aside by the unseen hand of perpetual misfortune. There's the impresario (Gerard Depardieu) who recognizes Piaf's great but raw talent only to have a run-in with the criminal element around her. There's the heavyweight fighter (Marcel Cerdan) who becomes the love of Piaf's life but can't be with her. Drug addiction, random car accidents, tax problems, you name it, it's all here, topped by an unnerving revelation that pops up in La Vie en Rose's final moments. After awhile, with such a concentration of bad news squeezed into 140 minutes, one begins to wish Dahan had taken a more expansive approach to Piaf's life and times. But the film is never less than interesting, and the lead performance by Cotillard is often astonishing. --Tom Keogh

Product Description
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

Customer Reviews: Read 143 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Memorable and haunting! August 27, 2008
Marion Cotillard's portrayal of Edith Piaff is one of the best personifications of a trouble star. I watched this story and could not even take a break. La Piaff's life was anything but normal, and listening to her songs is an unforgetable experience for anyone who liked her style. Highly recommended.

4 out of 5 stars

+Le Vie En Rose August 11, 2008
I enjoyed the movie. UI have seen it 7 times at the movies. The only thing that disappointed me, was the when she sang in French, there were no English subtiles. I loved the song No Regrets, but without the subtile, I was disappointed.

2 out of 5 stars

Great performance, hugely flawed DVD August 10, 2008
Marion Cotillard's brilliant performance is reason enough to watch this film. Yes, the film ran a bit long and the number of flashbacks made it tiresome, but Cotillard is unforgettable.

What is really annoying, though, is that the DVD producers chose to subtitle only the spoken dialog and not the lyrics of the songs. Perhaps it's Gallic arrogance that assumes that the entire world knows Piaf's songs and anyone who doesn't know them is beyond redemption anyway, but unless your command of the French language is very good (and mine isn't) you'll miss a good deal of the drama. Case in point: toward the end of the movie the aging Piaf chooses a specific song for a concert late in her career, "Non, Je ne Regrette Rien." It's a personal anthem which is both defiant and reflective which says I regret nothing and don't give a d*** about the past. Those lyrics become an apologia for Piaf's life and are absolutely appropriate for the final song of the film--why weren't those lyrics (and those of the other songs as well) subtitled? It's a particularly egregious and unforgivable omission in a movie about a passionate singer and the songs which reflected her turbulent life.

5 out of 5 stars

Incredible portrayal! August 8, 2008
La Vie en Rose is one of the best biographical films I've seen. Marion Cotillard's portrayal of Edith Piaf was amazing. I can remember hearing Edith Piaf recordings when I was a teenager and being entranced by her voice. The film brings out the emotion and passion behind that incredible voice. I highly recommend this film to those who love her music and want to know more about the person behind the voice.

2 out of 5 stars

Flashbacks! August 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This could have been a great movie. Great acting and great cinematography. Unfortunately, the excessive use of flashbacks makes this movie choppy and confusing. It was as though the editor had just discovered flashbacks and wanted to use as many as possible. The movie was so depressing and the editing so poor that I found myself wishing that Edith would hurry up and die so that the movie would be over and I wouldn't have to see another flashback.