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
Innocence - Marion Cotillard
March 1st, 2006 · No Comments · Film
Fairytales and bad dreams
8/10
Innocence is a mysterious piece of of largely visual filmmaking with an impressive, mostly child cast. It is clearly intended as an allegory or parable about the end of childhood and the awakenings of adolescence, and is not meant to be treated too literally (clearly some people are puzzled by this, [...]
Tags:Bunuel·childhood·David Lynch·Fairytale·Marion Cotillard·silent film