Facevsion Touchcam V1 Driver. Reviewed by Chernobog 10/10.a song about a singer.I adore it. Nothing else is there to be said, really. The acting, allround, is sensational, but the lead, Marion Cotillard's portrayal ofEdith Piaf, is beyond words. More astonishing even, I'd dare to say,than what Bruno Ganz did with Adolf Hitler in Der Untergang (althoughGanz had only a mass murderer and historical criminal to work with,while Cotillard was dealing with, pardon me for saying, the soul of anentire nation).I would like to comment on the script. The little symbolic moments,full of grief, full of such a profound sadness.I have never seen thisdone so well. Certain elements of the story, a conversation or object,are only within the lasting of the film transformed from everyday,mundane stuff into everlasting symbols of affection, of redemption andpersonal torment.You see, this is the strong point of the film - it tries to(and oftenit manages) make you cry because of her tough life, but at the end youare crying because of the good things that happened to her.
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They too,are over: Edith never even regrets the bad ones.The music is a whole story on its own. I've loved Piaf for some yearsnow, but, alas, I don't speak French, and now, at last, I have somecontext to place the songs into.and it breaks me. It really does.I saw the movie yesterday, went home, and listened to Edith's albumsfor hours, and they meant so much.they spoke volumes.Anyway, the direction is perfect, although there is one scene towardsthe end which has problems - it tells, for the very first time, of arather important event in the much earlier years of the singer's life,and the event in question seems to be out of place, sort of neglected -as if it should have been dealt with an hour earlier. But this is onlyone tiny scene, and even it, in itself, is masterfully done. Everythingelse is flawless.The cuts and the singing are blended brilliantly together. I wasespecially struck, which is strange, by the end credits: they are veryunusual and touching for a movie which is this musical (find out why!).Anyway, my deepest recommendations. See it, it is really excellent.
Itis dark and human and bright, and full of spectacular music.It is the 20th century.I fell in love with it.You might too. Reviewed by gregorybnyc 9/10 Piaf's tumultuous life receives a superb framework in this excellentbiopic. I've read some criticism of Dahan's editing style whichswitches often to various parts of her all-too-brief life, but with awoman of such roiling emotions and dramatic upheavals, how could it notbe so? The two things I found missing here were her WWII Resistanceactivities and her final marriage to a man twenty years her junior. Butthen again the film might have approached the three- hour mark and atnearly two and a half, you walk away feeling as though you witnessed atrain wreck in slow-mo. Please do not let this prevent you from seeingan astonishingly fine recreation of a life that is so fully lived youcannot believe it. Piaf's magnificent, emotional singing is fullycomplemented by Cotillards balls to the wall performance.
Heart andsoul are in total sync here and Cotillard manages to age astonishinglywell. This is a terrible tale of a child grotesquely abandonedemotionally by her parents. Piaf's will to live is inspiring even inthe face of self-destruction that makes Judy Garland's own battles withalcohol and drugs seem minor in comparison. The parallels to both womenare hard to ignore. The rest of the cast is first-rate, and the filmbeautifully evokes the eras covered in her life. Best of all there isthe great Piaf recorded legacy which is well-handled here.
There's nosense that Cotillard is not singing and that's a testament to the skillthat suffuses this fine film. Reviewed by Natashenka_S 9/10 I saw the film almost a month ago, when it was released here in Israel.I like Edith Piaf's songs very much, and the movie makes you believethat a woman who gave us those songs was the one we see on the screen.Marion Cotillard is superb in this role, her heroine is vulnerable,doomed and dignified at the same time.
I don't agree with those who sayher performance is melodramatic, because the singer WAS very emotionaland even melodramatic (though in a perfectly natural way) in real lifetoo (as all the biographers remark).One thing about the movie that annoyed me a little was the switches oftime frames. I understand the purpose of it.
During the first 15minutes we get to see the sickly little girl, then Edith Piaf's days ofglory and' finally, her last days, when she was a tortured creature andlooked like a 70-year old woman. So even while living through thesinger's happiest days we never forget how it would end quite soon. Butsometimes these switches seem unnecessary and distracting. The otherflaw is that a viewer must be well-familiar with the singer'sbiography, otherwise it would be difficult for one to understandcertain moments in the film. I don't have much to say about the director's masterful work, honestlythere is none. The director had the story of life, he had the music andthe haunting voice of the great singer.