Saturday March 15th Doors 7.30 Film 8pm

La Vie En Rose

12a France 2007 135 mins

Winner of 4 BAFTA Awards, including Leading Actress, Best Music.

Winner Golden Globe: Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)

Director: Oliver Dahan Stars: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Gerard Depardie

"INVOLVING AND MOVING" BBC

Olivier Dahan's sizeable biopic of French singer Edith Piaf is not shy of a poor-girl-turned-diva plot. Piaf (which translates as 'sparrow') lived a colourful, hectic life and Dahan has created a film to reflect this, but his fractured portrait of the singer is centred by some glorious samples of her music and a sterling central performance from Marion Cotillard.

La Vie En Rose hits all the melodrama plot points in its disordered telling of Piaf's tale, a cast of characters swirling around the tiny epicentre that is Piaf and her overwhelming drive to sing. But ultimately La Vie En Rose succeeds in telling an involving and moving version of Piaf's life, giving us the reasons why she told such a story of heartbreak and defiance through her music.

This synopsis was compiled from notes at Filmbank and BBC Movies Review

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