La vie en rose [videorecording] / Picturehouse ; Légende ; TF1 International ... [et al.] ; écrit et réalisé par Olivier Dahan ; produit par Ilan Goldman ; scénario, Olivier Dahan ; adaptation et dialogues, Olivier Dahan et Isabelle Sobelman.
Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau, Jean-Pierre Martins, Catherine Allégret, Marc Barbé ... [et al.]. Special feature: "Stepping into character", with behind-the-scenes character development sequences for the film, including interviews with Dahan and Cotillard and footage of Piaf in performance (7 min).
Summary:
A dramatic retelling of the life of Edith Piaf, considered one of the great performers of France. Raised in a brothel, taken to work in a circus by her father, and eventually abandoned by her parents, she spent her teen years on the streets. Eventually "rescued" by a crime figure who gives her career a start, she makes her way to international success, despite recurring frailty, illness, wild moods, drug and alcohol problems.
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