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Format:
Video disc
Title:
La vie en rose
Other title(s):
Extraordinary life of Édith Piaf

Môme
Uniform Title:
Môme (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9780783156835
Edition:
Extended version.
Publication:
[New York] : HBO Video, [2007]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Special feature: "Stepping into character", with behind-the-scenes character development sequences for the film, including interviews with Dahan and Cotillard and footage of Piaf in performance (7 min)
Contents:
Special features: Widescreen version -- "Stepping into character" featurette detailing Marion Cotillard's transformation into Edith Piaf -- Language: French 5.1 -- Subtitles (Film only): English, French, Spanish.
Summary:
A dramatic retelling of the life of Edith Piaf, considered one of the great performers of France. Raised in a brothel, taken to work in a circus by her father, and eventually abandoned by her parents, she spent her teen years on the streets. Eventually "rescued" by a crime figure who gives her career a start, she makes her way to international success, despite recurring frailty, illness, wild moods, drug and alcohol problems.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for substance abuse, sexual content, brief nudity, language and thematic elements.
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