Screening of Shine and La Vie en Rose

Screening of Shine: Fri 17 Jan 2014, 7.30 pm
Screening of La vie en rose: Sat 18 Jan 2014, 2 pm
TPD

From TPD:

You are invited to the Two Thumbs Up Movie program of TPD this week with 2 biopics “La vie en rose” (France) and “Shine” (US) on Friday and Saturday evening respectively as usually.

About Shine

Shine is a 1996 Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions.

It stars Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Nicholas Bell, Chris Haywood and Alex Rafalowicz. The screenplay was written by Jan Sardi, and Scott Hicks directed the film. The film made its US premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Geoffrey Rush was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1997 for his performance in the lead role.

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About La Vie en Rose

La Vie en Rose (literally Life in Pink (with the figurative meaning “life through rose colored glasses”); released in France as La Môme, referring to Piaf’s nickname “La Môme Piaf” (meaning “baby sparrow, birdie, little sparrow”), is a 2007 French biographical film about the life of French singer Édith Piaf co-written, and directed by Olivier Dahan. Marion Cotillard stars as Piaf. The title La Vie en Rose comes from Piaf’s signature song.

The film won five Césars, including one for Best Actress, and Cotillard won an Academy Award for her performance, marking the first time an Oscar had been given for a French-language role. She is also the first French actress to win a Comedy or Musical Golden Globe for a foreign language role. La Vie en Rose became one of the only French films to win more than one Oscar; the other being for Makeup.

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The screening is for educational purpose, entrance is free, though guests are welcome to donate to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.

The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents was established with the purposes of designing and implementing programs to assist and develop movie talents and other activities for the development of Vietnamese cinema.

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents 51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi Tel: 04 39366559 Fax: 04 39366582 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tpdmovie.com.vn