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Marion Cotillard
La Môme | La Vie en Rose by Olivier Dahan
FRA/GBR/CZE 2006, Competition
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Gérard Depardieu
La Môme | La Vie en Rose by Olivier Dahan
FRA/GBR/CZE 2006, Competition
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Marion Cotillard
La Môme | La Vie en Rose by Olivier Dahan
FRA/GBR/CZE 2006, Competition
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Marion Cotillard, Gérard Depardieu
La Môme | La Vie en Rose by Olivier Dahan
FRA/GBR/CZE 2006, Competition
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Marion Cotillard
La Môme | La Vie en Rose by Olivier Dahan
FRA/GBR/CZE 2006, Competition
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La Môme | La Vie en Rose by Olivier Dahan
FRA/GBR/CZE 2006, Competition
Edith Piaf's life was one long struggle. Left by her street singer mother at an early age, she grew up with her paternal grandmother, who ran a brothel in Normandy. Edith Piaf suddenly went blind between the ages of three and seven; legend has it that she regained her eyesight after the prostitutes working for her grandmother undertook a pilgrimage to Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux. She later went to live with her alcoholic father, only to leave him at the age of 15 to go and sing on the streets of Paris.
In 1935 Edith Piaf was discovered by a nightclub owner named Louis Leplée who convinced her to sing, in spite of her fear of performing, and gave her the nickname - "La Môme" Piaf, or little sparrow - that she was to retain for the rest of her life. She released her first album during the same year, and her magical voice soon turned her into an international star - on both sides of the Atlantic. Her passionate affairs and her friendships with famous contemporaries such as Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, world boxing champ Marcel Cerdan and Marlene Dietrich meant that her private life was often in the public eye. Flights of fancy and moments of happiness alternated with drama and tragic falls. And everyone knew that it would only be a matter of time before the "sparrow of Paris" burned her wings ...
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La Môme
The team of the opening film La Môme | La vie en rose arriving at Berlinale Palast.
La Môme · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 08, 2007
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Marion Cotillard, Olivier Dahan
Marion Cotillard and Olivier Dahan, star cast and director of the opening film La Môme | La vie en rose, during the press conference. The film depicts the life of Edith Piaf.
La Môme · Competition · Programme Press Conference · Feb 08, 2007
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Jean-Pierre Martins
La Môme · Competition · Feb 08, 2007
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Pascal Greggory
La Môme · Competition · Feb 08, 2007
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Olivier Dahan
La Môme · Competition · Feb 08, 2007
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Clotilde Courau
La Môme · Competition · Feb 08, 2007
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Sylvie Testud
La Môme · Competition · Feb 08, 2007
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Marion Cotillard
La Môme · Competition · Feb 08, 2007
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Emmanuelle Seigner
La Môme · Competition · Feb 08, 2007
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Pascal Greggory (Actor), Clotilde Coureau (Actress), Jean-Pierre Martins (Actor), Marion Cotillard (Actress), Olivier Dahan (Director), Sylvie Testud (Actress), Alain Goldman (Producer), Emmanuelle Seigner (Actress), Rainer Rother (Moderator)
La Môme | La Vie en Rose
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 08, 2007
Pascal Greggory (Actor), Clotilde Coureau (Actress), Jean-Pierre Martins (Actor), Marion Cotillard (Actress), Olivier Dahan (Director), Sylvie Testud (Actress), Alain Goldman (Producer), Emmanuelle Seigner (Actress), Rainer Rother (Moderator)
La Môme | La Vie en Rose
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 08, 2007