La vie en rose of a not-so-Little Sparrow
7/10
‘La vie en rose‘ (or La Môme - “the kid” - as it is known in its native France) is a refreshingly unconventional biopic of the diminutive chanteuse Edith Piaf. While it charts the singer’s childhood - first in a brothel, then as a street performer - [...]
La vie en rose (La Môme) - Olivier Dahan
July 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Film
Tags:biopic·brothel·carnivalesque·Catherine Allegret·Chantal Bronner·chanteuse·Clotilde Courau·Edith Piaf·France·Isabelle Sobelman·Marie-Armelle de Guy·Marion Cotillard·Olivier Dahan·Pascal Greggory·tragedy
Walk the Line - James Mangold
April 6th, 2006 · No Comments · Film
Walks the line
7/10
Walk the Line is an enjoyable, even if by-the-numbers Hollywood biopic that rests largely on the strength of its central performers Joacqim Pheonix and Reese Witherspoon, who are both excellent. And I don’t mean they are good simply in the sense that they are able to sustain a credible impression of Johnny Cash [...]