Ma Vie en Rose Movie Review 1997

Berliner's debut portrays seven-year-old misfit Ludovic (du Fresne), who is convinced he's really a girl and likes to dress in girls' clothes. His close-knit family merely regards this as a childhood eccentricity Ludovic will grow out of. But when the child decides he's going to marry Jerome (Rivere), the boy next door, and stages a mock wedding ceremony, things get a bit dicey. Jerome's father is the straitlaced Albert (Hanssens), who happens to be the boss of Ludovic's father, Pierre (Ecoffey), and he's not nearly so understanding (neither are the other neighbors in the conservative Parisian suburb). Poignant and funny look at a child's search for identity. Convincing turn by pre-pubescent performer du Fresne.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 90 minutes.
Originally from Belgian, French, British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Childhood Visions, Family Ties, Gender Bending, Wedding Bells, Paris

Screenplay

Alain Berliner, Chris Vander Stappen

Cast

Georges DuFresne, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Michele Laroque, Daniel Hanssens, Julien Riviere, Helene Vincent, Laurence Bibot, Jean-Francois Galotte, Caroline Baehr, Marie Bunel

Cinematography

Yves Cape

Director

Alain Berliner

Music

Dominique Dalcan

Producer

Carole Scotta, La Sept Cinema (France), TF-1 Films, Haut et Court, Sony Pictures Classics

Awards

Golden Globes 1998: Foreign Film.