Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Marion Cotillard: " all the French honored cinema ", according to François Fillon

" All the French cinema is honored " through the numerous rewards awarded to Marion Cotillard for his Edith Piaf's embodiment in " the Kid ", estimated(esteemed) on Monday François Fillon who sent " his most sincere congratulations " to the actress for her Oscar of the best actress.

In a communiqué published by Matignon, the Prime Minister considered that " all the French cinema is honored through this exceptional harvest of rewards, Golden Globe, BAFTA, Caesar and finally Oscar, from which has just been distinguished Marion Cotillard ".

" More still, it is all the French artistic creation which is honored ", he added, Marion Cotillard having got(touched) " the whole world by embodying another big French artist, Edith Piaf, among whom the voice(vote) and the fabulous fate resound in each of us ".

François Fillon took advantage of this occasion " to honour the masterful talent of these women, Simone Signoret, Juliette Binoche and Marion Cotillard, quite taken on an aura the same international reward ".

In the same communiqué, François Fillon also greeted the " work of Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald ", rewarded by the Oscar of the best make-up in " the Kid ", who " allowed Marion Cotillard to embody with some more of realism the character of Edith Piaf ".

He also underlined " the vitality of the French film creation ", by mentioning the Oscar of the short film for " Mozart of the pickpockets " of Philippe Pollet-Villard.

Marion Cotillard, Oscar of the best actress

Rewarded for her(its) Edith Piaf's interpretation(performance) in " The Kid " of Olivier Dahan, she(it) seemed very touched, squeezing(tightening) the statuette in the hands. It is the first time since 1960 and the Oscar given to Simone Signoret that a Frenchwoman receives this price(prize).

Marion Cotillard takes away(gains) the Oscar of the best actress for his role in " The kid ", Olivier Dahan ( AP)

Marion Cotillard takes away(gains) the Oscar of the best actress for his role in " The kid ", Olivier Dahan ( AP) ( AP)

Marion Cotillard received on Sunday, February 24th the Oscar of the best actress for his Edith Piaf's interpretation(performance) in the film " The Kid " of Olivier Dahan, renamed " The Life in Rose " in the United States.
Already crowned in Golden Globes, in BAFTAs and in Caesar, the French actress makes a success of an exceptional quarté by taking away(by gaining) prestigious statuette of the 80th ceremony of Oscars, in Los Angeles.
She so joins in the history(story) of Academy Awards Simone Signoret, which had received the statuette gilded(bronzed) in this category 38 years ago for " The roads of the high city ", British film of Jack Clayton.

" You upset my life "

" Thank you, thank you ", she said, very touched, squeezing(tightening) the statuette in the hands. " Mister Olivier Dahan, you upset my life, really ", she declared to the address of the French director of " The Kid ". " Thanks to the love! It's true, there are angels, here in this city ", she threw(launched) before leaving(restarting) towards the wings of Kodak Theater of Hollywood and collapsing, in tears, in the arms of Forest Whitaker, prize-winner of the Oscar of the best actor last year for her role in " last king of the Scotland ".
That the Academy(Regional education authority) of Oscars crowns a foreign actress in a film in foreign language is an extremely rare phenomenon. As far as Marion Cotillard faced on Sunday serious pretenders, to begin with Julie Christie for his interpretation(performance) of a woman reached(affected) by the Alzheimer's disease in " Far from her ". "Juno") was also in running(race) Cate Blanchett (" Elisabeth: the Golden age "), Laura Linney (" The Savage family ") and the young person Ellen Page (.

Embodiment

Marion Cotillard pose sur le tapis rouge du Kodak Theater (AP).
The role of Piaf stands out as most standing the out with the Marion Cotillard's actress's already long career(quarry), 32-year-old. Reward which came to be added in one Golden Globe (better actress in a comedy or a musical film), the Oscars of the press foreign to Hollywood, and to a BAFTA, Caesar British ( better actress).
Edith Piaf's interpretation(performance) which the actress delivers in the film by making the artist of her young years live again at the end of her life is impressive. Beyond the make-up, she(it) resumed(took back) the step(initiative), the expressions and the intonations of the one who sang " The hymn in the love ", until embody him(it) totally.
Girl of a comedienne and a director, a brunette actress with the blue eyes dashed into the dramatic art in the adolescence, her mixture disarming(moving) of sweetness and rudeness allowing him(her) gradually to chain the roles. The public notably saw her(it) in the series of the "Taxi" products by Luc Besson, " The Gilles Paquet-Brenner's attractive Things ", " An Affair(Business) Deprived " of Guillaume Nicloux, " My Life in the air(sight) " of Rémi Bezançon, " On long Sunday of engagement " of Jean-Pierre Jeunet (who had been worth to him(her) the Caesar of the best feminine supporting role) or still "Mary d' Abel Ferrara". ( AP)