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2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 2007
La Vie en Rose
Directed by
Olivier Dahan
From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of …
The story
From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.
Cast
Marion CotillardEdith Piaf
Sylvie TestudSimone 'Mômone' Berteaut
Pascal GreggoryLouis Barrier
Emmanuelle SeignerTitine
Jean-Paul RouveLouis Gassion
Gérard DepardieuLouis Leplée
Clotilde CourauAnnetta Gassion
Jean-Pierre MartinsMarcel Cerdan
Catherine AllégretLouise Gassion
Marc BarbéRaymond Asso
Caroline SilholMarlene Dietrich
Manon ChevallierEdith - 5 years old
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Pauline BurletEdith - 10 years old
Élisabeth CommelinDanielle Bonel
André PenvernJacques Canetti
Marie-Armelle DeguyMarguerite Monnot
Valérie MoreauJeanne
Marc GannotMarc Bonel
Jean-Paul MuelBruno Coquatrix
Nathalie DorvalMireille
Caroline RaynaudGinou
Christophe OdentDr. Bernay
Harry Hadden-PatonDoug Davis
Cylia MalkiPhilipo
Édith Le MerdySimone Margantin
Laurent OlmedoJacques Pills
Denis MénochetJournalist in Orly
Josette MénardMamy
Dominique PaturelLucien Roupp
Nicholas PritchardJameson
William ArmstrongClifford Fisher
Aubert FenoyMichel Emer
Mario HacquardCharles Dumont
Agathe BodinSuzanne
Chantal BronnerJosette
Olivier CruveillerInspector Guillaume
Ashley WanningerLeplée's Assistant
Laurent SchillingClaude
Dominique BettenfeldAlbert
Alban CastermanCharles Aznavour
Sébastien TavelInterviewer
Nicole DuboisSeamstress
Martin JanisJean Mermoz
Eric FranquelinEtienne
Marc ChapiteauMitty Goldin
Maureen DemidofMarcelle
Farida AmroucheAïcha
Pierre PeyrichoutJournalist
Liliane CebrianPalm reader
Paulina NěmcováAmerican journalist
Jean-Jacques DesplanqueTony Zale
Alain FiglarzBoxing trainer
Nathalie CoxPin-up
Pierre DerenneP'tit Louis
Emy LévyBrothel girl
Laura StainkrycerBrothel girl
Lucie BřezovskáBrothel girl
Věra HavelkováBrothel girl
Jan KuželkaBrothel customer
Jan FilipenskýFire eater
Mathias HonoréMr. Loyal
Martin SochorO'Dett audience member
Lenka KourilovaO'Dett audience member
Diana StewartAmerican woman
Robert PaturelBoxing ring corner-man
Olivier RaouxWaiter
Philippe BricardMan in Lannes
Jaroslav VíznerNew year's eve man
Nicolas SimonJournalist by the church
Pascal MottierBoy
Thierry GibaultOstende doctor
Garrick HagonAmerican doctor
Vladimír JavorskýStreet spectator
Fabien DuvalPoliceman
Rodolphe SaulnierBarman
Fedele PapaliaDiner waiter
Pier Luigi ColombettiBrasserie owner
Zdena HerfortováWoman Etoile Cafe
Olivier CarboneTransvestite
Laurence GormezanoBrasserie waitress
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