Although cotillard mimes piafs songs from original recordings a wise decision given piafs unique voice cotillard nevertheless embodies the legendary and iconic french singers. The title, which translates loosely as life through rosecolored glasses, is from one of piafs most famous songs, which she wrote herself. Featuring a powerhouse lead performance by marion cotillard, this sensational film unveils the story of the french songbird whose road to international. From the slums of paris to the limelight of new york, edith piafs life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. These subtitles in portuguese language may be downloaded for free as a. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. An unchronological look at the life of the little sparrow, edith piaf 19151963. Marion cotillard portrays piaf, the superstar once raised as a.
Staring marion cotillard, jeanpaul rouve, clotilde courau and emmanuelle seigner. I myself remember edith piaf and enjoyed this part fictional version of her life story. Raised in poverty, ediths magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period yves montand, jean cocteau, charles aznavour, marlene dietrich, marcel cerdan and others made her a star all around the world. Marion cotillard gives an oscarrwinning performance in this film about the tragic life of the famed french singer. The song became very popular in the us in 1950 with no fewer than seven different versions reaching the billboard charts.
Cowritten and directed by olivier dahan, the film was written by isabelle sobelman and olivier dahan, who also directed the film. While singing on the streets of paris as a teen, piaf is discovered by club owner louis leplee, and this chance encounter changes her life. Despite her success, piafs life was filled with tragedy. This movie is a wonderful piece that captures the essence of edith piafs famous line, non, je ne regrette rien no, i dont regret anything.
Instead of concentrating on her qualities, the artist reveals her defects and weaknesses, in a temporal and geographic journey, both intimate and public, in constant relation to the crucial moments of her life. It follows the same template as all the others but produces betterthanusual results, thanks to a shattering central performance. The film was cowritten and directed by olivier dahan, and stars marion cotillard as piaf. Our firstrun programming opens with writerdirector olivier dahans gorgeously told biopic about legendary french icon edith piaf, featuring a critically acclaimed performance by marion cotillard a very long. Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her.
It has been covered and interpreted by many famous artists, including louis armstrong who sang an english interpretation of the lyrics and lady gaga, who sang it in french in a. It captured the critics in part due to the spectacular. Extended version on dvd 026359441226 from hbo home video. However, no subtitles or english translation of any type is available on this dvd. Its a song about finding a new love after a trying time, and many people saw it as an anthem of hope as it was released shortly after the end of world war 2. Its the story of french singer edith piaf, who rose to fame in the 1930s and died in. Legendary songbird edith piaf was a cultural icon in her native france. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. But behind edith piafs tiny stature was a largerthanlife voice that captivated a generation. Both versions of the movie have very good picture and sound quality. Get lost in these 6 captivating french movies with subtitles. With marion cotillard, sylvie testud, pascal greggory, emmanuelle seigner. Spoken in french throughout, the dvd has very accurate subtitles and is easy to follow for nonfrench speakers. Raised in poverty, ediths magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period yves.