Nominated for Best Actress, Costume Design, and Makeup.La Vie en Rose (or La Mome as it was known in it's native France) is a biopic on the life of singer Edith Piaf, spanning her life from the early 20th century to the 1960's. I read a blurb about this film that I'll quote here. "The most astonishing immersion of one performer into the body and soul of another I've ever encountered on film." I agree with this 100%. It's an amazing performance by actress Marion Cotillard. She is enthralling as young Edith and as the years pass and the makeup piles on to age her, her performance gets better and better and also more disturbing. The film is a great big downer and I was depressed when it was over. It seems Edith had very few good times in her life. But that's drama eh? The film is told in constant flash forward flash backward mode, difficult to follow at times, but I like when a film challenges it's viewers to pay attention. Curious though is the decision to leave out anything that happened in France in the 1940's (umm what could that be...hmmm .... how 'bout WWII!!!), where apparently Edith was a member of the French resistance. Cotilliard could win Best actress if enough Academy members saw this film, and it should win Makeup. Who knows who'll win best costumes, and really, who cares?As great as the performance is, it can't totally make up for an overly long depressing melodrama (see the Assassination of Jesse James).
The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade : CThis is the first Oscar nomination for actress Marion Cotilliard, Makeup Artists Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald, and Costume Designer Marit Allen.
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