My Life in Pink (1997)
Ludovic is waiting for a miracle. With six-year-old certainty, she believes she was meant to be a little girl -- and that the mistake will soon be corrected. But where she expects the miraculous, Ludo finds only rejection, isolation and guilt -- as the intense reactions of family, friends, and neighbors strip away every innocent lace and bauble. As suburban prejudices close around them, family loves and loyalties are tested in the ever-escalating dramatic turns of Alain Berliner's critically acclaimed first feature. Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and a favorite at festivals around the world, this unique film experience delivers magic of the rarest sort through a story of difference, rejection, and childlike faith in miracles.
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My Life in Pink is a french drama of a 7 year old boy named Ludovic who wishes to be a girl, henceforth decides to dress and act like one, but his actions begin to slowly anger the citizens of the conservative neighborhood they live in, and the problems begin.A film that takes a rarely touched upon subject and treats it with care and gravity. Filming it in such a way that you are experiencing the events through the eyes of Ludovic, you grow a care for the child, because he is so innocent and sincere that you can't help but feel bad or angry at the people berating and punishing him all throughout the story.Ludovic's parents had a difficult role as they try to control and take away something that is slowly but surely beginning to affect their normal lives as well. Their acting is just fantastic, and they were written very well, and while the film revolves around Ludovic, the stars of the film are his parents IMO. Props to Michèle Laroque and Jean- Philippe Écoffey.With a well executed drama, the film also has very subtle symbolism on religion and social norms that i feel should be noted, as it gives an extra sense of value to the film, especially since the filmmakers didn't make the symbolism obvious and in your face.The only thing i can say i didn't like was the ending, while the whole scene felt mostly metaphorical, and it's possible i missed something, i can't help but feel it was forced and poorly handled to have a happy ending. but that is only one small part of an otherwise good drama. If you enjoy, heartfelt, social dramas i feel you may enjoy the film.
This ain't Peter Pan! When Ludovic (Georges Du Fresne) wants to escape, he gets Pam (Delphine Cadet) a Barbie-like creature that sprinkles magic dust and flies off with Ludovic in tow.Ludovic is different, maybe a transsexual, he is only seven, you know, but he likes to dress up like a girls. he plans to marry his father's boss' son when he is older. You can look at this film as being about homophobia, but you can also take the larger view that it is about society's ostracizing of anyone who doesn't fit in their cookie-cutter mold.It is a sweet tale about a boy that you just can't help loving.And, if he doesn't want to go off with Pam, I will.
Being a movie fanatic and reviewer, I was invited to the "Semaine du Cinema Francophone" in Beirut (francophone cinema week). The movie taught me the word "tolerance" as I was one of these stupid guys who mocked on effeminate people. (Maybe to reject my desire at this age to be free to disguise myself, like Ludovic did in the movie). What I know is that being in a place that was supposed to gather cultivated people, journalists and movie reviewers, cinema lovers, artists, etc. I was chocked to hear people laughing at some scenes that were supposed to be moving, sensitive and very important humanely. Also the sound going out public mouth: "tsss tsss tsss" was so chocking that I felt more the pressure of "non-tolerant' society inside the movie theater itself, more than the pressure Ludovic had to endure in his story. My personality was projected into Ludovic who suffered his moments in the film, while I was personally suffering inside the theater and trying to vibe with the movie, despite chocked snobbish people's reaction. An excellent movie. Rather a drama than a comedy!
This was an EXCELLENT film. The young protagonist was a fabulous actor, and the plot beautifully captured both the extreme joys and miseries associated with being gay or transsexual. Even the colors and music in this film were used perfectly. "Ma vie en rose" is one of those films that make you both laugh uproariously and cry hysterically. There was not a single weak moment or actor. There are many gay films out there, but pretty much all of them rely on sex and nudity to make their points There isn't anything wrong with that, but it's already been done before. This movie, on the other hand, framed queerness purely as an identity, something innate and spiritual. The fact that the main character was so young allowed the film to branch out into a new area, and explore the more internal aspects of queerness, like what it means to be a minority in your own family.