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La Vie En Rose (La Môme)

Director: Olivier Dahan

Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Clotilde Courau, Jean-Paul Rouve, Pascal Greggory, Marc Barbé, Caroline Sihol, Emmanuelle Seigner, Catherine Allégret, Gérard Depardieu

(Picturehouse, 2007) Rated: PG-13

US DVD release date: 13 November 2007 (HBO Home Video)

[4 January 2008]

by Erik Hinton

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Cotillard simultaneously relates the harsh obstinacy and generally acerbic behavior of the songstress while managing to drip humanity and evoke pathos at every turn.

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Tagged as: caroline sihol | catherine allégret | clotilde courau | emmanuelle seigner | gérard depardieu | jean-paul rouve | marc barbé | marion cotillard | olivier dahan | pascal greggory | sylvie testud

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