Run time: 137 mins
(Subtitled)
A huge sell-out since August, La Vie En Rose is back to celebrate Marion Cotillard’s Oscar as the diminutive ‘Little Sparrow’ and more, her fantastic theory that 9/11 was an all-American job to rid New York of some jerry-built towers, simultaneously finding the excuse it needed to make the world a freer, happier, safer place.
It’s a long-shot but what a girl…
“Cotillard is little short of genius”. She elevates this tragic tale of one huge, tiny life. This little girl’s magnetism and instant presence lifts the whole film into something above all. From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Piaf’s life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. ‘Little Sparrow’ flew so high it was inevitable she would burn her wings in bravado, brilliance and self-destruction. “Marion Cotillard expertly impersonates* the legendary singer whose passionate vibrato, like a demented car-alarm, electrified the nation….a great performance” (PB Guardian) * No. She takes it on and rings its heart’s bell soft and clear.
Forget critics (always). Come for a heartbreaking story, beautifully played and photographed right to the last heartrending teardrop… with no regrets. It wont be back for ages. So… don’t regret missing it now.