The extraordinary story of Edith Piaf
| Cast |
Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve |
| Director |
Olivier Dahan |
| Screenplay | Olivier Dahan, Isabelle Sobelman |
| Music | Christopher Gunning |
| Cinematography | Tetsue Nagata |
| Editing | Richard Marizy |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Légende, TF1, Songbird Pictures, Okko Productions, Canal+, Sofica Valor 7, TPS Star |
Official Site | IMDB page | FPB Report
Trailer: Medium
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Moderate with moderate frequency, occasionally strong |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Impled and alluded to. |
| Violence | Domestic violence and verbal abuse. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Lara de Matos  Life seen through its passionate hue. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople Heel waarskynlig gaan dit die goue beeldtjie ontvang. | 20 | |
| Cape Times Carina Chocano Flutters around. | 10 |  |
| The Citizen Peter Feldman A dark but touching portrait. | 16 | |
| 24.com Christina Carstens La Vie en Rose is a worthy tribute to this legendary French star. | 15 | |
| BBC Laura Bushell La Vie En Rose succeeds in telling an involving and moving version of Piaf's life, giving us the reasons why she told such a story of heartbreak and defiance through her music. | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 20 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Somehow Olivier Dahan's impressionistic heartbreaker of a movie gets it all in. | 18 | |
| Metacritic.com 29 critics | 13 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 129 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The real achievement is Marion Cotillard's wholly convincing performance. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 4602 Netizens This movie...it's a poem about a poet... | 15 | |
Average .. 78% | 16 | |