The San Francisco Film Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The fest, which runs April 26 – May 10, will screen 200 films from 54 countries and present three world premieres. It has now been announced that “the official closer will be another costume drama, current French b.o. smash “La Vie en Rose” with Marion Cotillard as tragic chanteuse Edith Piaf.” This will mark the film’s West Coast Premiere in the United States. See the festival’s page on the film here.

I’ve added some more pictures of Marion travelling around to promote ‘La Vie en Rose’ (La Môme):
021 London – ‘La Môme’ Premiere, March 29, 2007 – Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
007 Stockholm – ‘La Môme’ Press Conference, March 20, 2007

I’ve been adding very beautiful pictures (HQ) to the Portraits section in the galleries. Don’t forget to register & log in to be able to view them.

028 Session 02 replaced with HQs
012 Session 03 replaced with HQs
014 2006 – Session 02 Outtakes Premiere October 2006
015 2006 – Session 03 Outtakes Biba March 2007
001 2006 – Session 04

‘La Vie en Rose‘ will be shown at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival 2007 (March 22 – April 1) tomorrow, Wednesday, March 28 at 7.15 pm. (ticketx) No word on whether Marion Cotillard will attend or not. However, I doubt she’ll be there since she’s expected to attend the UK premiere at the Rendez-vous with French Cinema on Thursday.

Here some dates when the film will be released in theatres around the world:

Sweden, Norway, Finland: March 30, 2007
Denmark: April 13, 2007
Argentina: May 10, 2007
UK: June 22, 2007

Contrary to previous reports and the IMDb listing, Marion Cotillard is not part of the cast for the huge French project about Jacques Mesrine (the 2 films ‘L’ Ennemi public n° 1′ and ‘Death Instinct’). At the Canadian premiere of ‘La Môme’ last week (March 13) she said in an interview with a Canadian newspaper:

“I was approached but I am not in the film. I have no project coming up at the moment”

Marion Cotillard attended the premiere of ‘La Vie en Rose’ (‘La Môme’) in The Netherlands on March 6. I’ve added 2 pictures – if you have more could you please send them in? I’ve also added a photoshoot session of Marion Cotillard on the set of ‘La Môme’ sent in by Mariana. Some of them you may recognize from the recent ‘Premiere’ magazine issue. You need to be registered & logged in to view the pictures.

002 The Netherlands ‘La Môme’ Premiere
006 Session 04

Again, some screencaptures collections:

003 Taxi 2 – Stills
212 Taxi 2 – Screencaptures
004 Taxi 2 – Behind the Scenes
073 Mary – Screencaptures

‘Lisa’ is quite a rare film. I found a DVD on Japanese amazon and am therefore happy to be able to see Marion Cotillard’s magnificent performance in this. Here the screencaptures:

846 Lisa – Screencaptures
035 Lisa – Trailer
045 Lisa – Trailer Japan
004 Lisa – DVD Menu

After New York also London is holding the A Rendez-Vous with French Cinema event from March 29 – April 1, 2007. Opening film is again ‘La Vie en Rose’. Screenings: Thursday, March 29 (invitation only) and Saturday, March 31 at 12.00 (Ticket bookings). The great thing about this event is that the French filmmakers and actors who will be accompanying their films, will be present at a Q&A session at the end of the screenings. It takes place at one of London’s most prestigious cinemas, the Curzon Mayfair.

‘A Good Year’ – Marion’s first major role in an English-speaking film – was released on Reg 1 DVD on February 27. Upcoming DVD releases include Germany (April 23) and English Region 2 (May 7). Here the screencaptures:

534 A Good Year – Screencaptures
120 A Good Year – Postcards from Provence DVD Featurettes
022 A Good Year – Trailer A replaced with better quality caps
027 A Good Year – Trailer B
032 A Good Year – TV Spots
007 A Good Year – DVD Menu