La Vie en Rose- TRES MAGNIFIQUE ****

Rating: 9/10 (7 June 2008)

Incredible film dealing with the life of Edith Piaf.
I vividly remember Miss Piaf performing on the Sunday evening Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s. No wonder she had such sad eyes. Her life was a travesty.
Marvelously played by Marion Cotillard, the latter pulls out every stop possible in evoking the emotions of Piaf from a slum childhood to wealth and notoriety, but with constant tragedy and misery along those brief 47 years.
Cotillard's singing is phenomena. Sorry Julie Christie, but Marion Cotillard richly deserved the Oscar. The constant flashes of scenes showing the 3 phases of her life, as a young girl, successful singer with tragedy ensuing, and her ultimate death of cancer, are all effectively done.