On
Wednesday, September 25, I attended a viewing of La Vie En Rose, starring Marion Cotillard. It is a French film
about the life of French singer Edith Piaf. Cotillard actually won the Oscar
for best actress in 2008 for her role as Piaf. The film is fun, sad,
disturbing, and brilliant all at the same time.
The whole
movie was played in French with English subtitles, so it was difficult to keep
up with for the most part. Fortunately, I enjoy watching foreign films, so I
had no issues with the new language. In fact, I enjoy the French language. I
like listening to what they say, and not look down at the subtitles all the
time. That way, I can pick a few words at a time and go “Oh! I know what she
just said!” It’s seriously a good feeling.
I had never
heard of Piaf before, but I have heard her music before. I like to watch films
about people I’m not familiar with, but is familiar with many others. It’s like
I’m hearing a secret and now I’m part of the club. I guess that’s the way with
any film, but once I know about the person, I don’t get confused when I have to
write a paper on the person, or something like that.
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| La Vie En Rose |
By the end
of the film, I was very impressed by the whole thing: the story, the character,
the actors, and just about everything else. It really made me think about
French culture in the early 1900’s and how bad this woman had it as she was
growing up. Poor woman died before she was 50 from liver cancer, but she looked
like she had been deteriorating from some sort of skin disease since she was in
her 30’s. I just felt sorry for the character.
After
viewing La Vie En Rose, it really got
me thinking that I should see more French films. I will definitely have to
watch more whenever the campus holds another one.
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