La Vie En Rose (La Môme) - a review

5th July 2007 with 0 Comments

In Olivier Dahan’s bio-pic of Edith Piaf, Marion Cotillard turns in a stunning performance as the singer they called the little sparrow.
In fact all the performances in the film are sensitively handled, not least the understated part of Louis Leplée, the night-club owner who ‘discovered’ Piaf, played by Gérard Depardieu.
She was a damaged personality. [...]

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