Like A Sparrow

Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose is a vision - a beautiful, waif-like street mime or silent film star, all expressive eyes, lips and fluttering hands, like a little, but strong, bird as Edith Piaf. Best Actress is putting it mildly. Abandoned as a young child, raised in a bordello and from there following her father in the rootless life of a circus performer - she shows the will to live and thrive like a little bird singing.