La môme (2007)

Réalisateur:

Olivier Dahan

Scénaristes:

Olivier Dahan (writer)
Isabelle Sobelman (writer)

Date de sortie:

14 février 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Biographie | Drame | Musique

Accroche:

The extraordinary life of Edith Piaf

Intrigue:

The life story of singer Édith Piaf.

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Circus | Childhood | Memory | Song

Récompenses:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 33 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A Magnificent Biopic, but Overwhelmingly Sad

Ensemble

Marion Cotillard	...	Edith Piaf
Sylvie Testud	...	Mômone
Pascal Greggory	...	Louis Barrier
Emmanuelle Seigner	...	Titine
Jean-Paul Rouve	...	Louis Gassion
Gérard Depardieu	...	Louis Leplée
Clotilde Courau	...	Anetta
Jean-Pierre Martins	...	Marcel Cerdan
Catherine Allégret	...	Louise
Marc Barbé	...	Raymond Asso
Caroline Sihol	...	Marlene Dietrich (as Caroline Silhol)
Manon Chevallier	...	Edith - 5 years old
Pauline Burlet	...	Edith - 10 years old
Elisabeth Commelin	...	Danielle Bonel
Marc Gannot	...	Marc Bonel

Autre(s) titre(s):

Edith Piaf (Czech Republic)
La vie en rose (USA) (new title)
Life in Pink (USA) (informal alternative title)
The Little Girl (USA) (literal English title)
The Passionate Life of Edith Piaf (International: English title)
Untitled Edith Piaf Project (France) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for substance abuse, sexual content, brief nudity, language and thematic elements. (also extended edition)

Durée:

140 min

Pays:

France | UK | Czech Republic

Langue:

Français | Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,78 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Classification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12 | Finland:K-11 | USA:PG-13 | UK:12A | Ireland:15A | Argentina:13 | France:U | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:PG-13 (extended edition) | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Brazil:12 | Sweden:7 | Taiwan:PG-12 | New Zealand:M | Australia:M

Lieux de tournage:

Barrandov Studios, Krizeneckeho namesti, Prague, Czech Republic

Société:

Légende Films

Anecdotes:

Make-up could take up to five hours for Marion Cotillard when she played the older Edith Piaf.

Goofs:

Erreurs faites par les personnages (éventuellement des erreurs délibérées par les cinéastes): In the scene at the hospital (set in 1960), Piaf says: "I'm 44 years old", indicating that she was born in 1916. So in the first scene (set in 1916) she couldn't be a little girl.

Guillemet:

Edith Piaf: Americans want beauties, not me. I'm not the Parisian bombshell they expected. Can you see me as a chorus girl? Where's my feather up the ass? They think I'm sad, they're dumb. I don't connect to them.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#7.4)" (2008)

Bande son:

Mon Dieu

A Magnificent Biopic, but Overwhelmingly Sad

Piaf's tumultuous life receives a superb framework in this excellent biopic. I've read some criticism of Dahan's editing style which switches often to various parts of her all-too-brief life, but with a woman of such roiling emotions and dramatic upheavals, how could it not be so? The two things I found missing here were her WWII Resistance activities and her final marriage to a man twenty years her junior. But then again the film might have approached the three- hour mark and at nearly two and a half, you walk away feeling as though you witnessed a train wreck in slow-mo. Please do not let this prevent you from seeing an astonishingly fine recreation of a life that is so fully lived you cannot believe it. Piaf's magnificent, emotional singing is fully complemented by Cotillards balls to the wall performance. Heart and soul are in total sync here and Cotillard manages to age astonishingly well. This is a terrible tale of a child grotesquely abandoned emotionally by her parents. Piaf's will to live is inspiring even in the face of self-destruction that makes Judy Garland's own battles with alcohol and drugs seem minor in comparison. The parallels to both women are hard to ignore. The rest of the cast is first-rate, and the film beautifully evokes the eras covered in her life. Best of all there is the great Piaf recorded legacy which is well-handled here. There's no sense that Cotillard is not singing and that's a testament to the skill that suffuses this fine film. Excellent.