Ma Vie En Rose (My Life in Pink) [VHS]

Ma Vie En Rose (My Life in Pink) [VHS]
by Alain Berliner

Ma Vie En Rose (My Life in Pink) [VHS]

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Actor: Daniel Hanssens, Georges Du Fresne, H?l?ne Vincent, Jean-Philippe ?coffey, Mich?le Laroque
Director: Alain Berliner
Cinematographer: Yves Cape
Writer: Alain Berliner
Editor: Sandrine Deegen
Producer: Carole Scotta
Writer: Chris Vander Stappen
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled
Running Time: 88 minutes
Release Date: 1999-04-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Sony Pictures Classics
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

VHS Movie Reviews of Ma Vie En Rose (My Life in Pink) [VHS]

Movie Review: Beautiful and great for kids, too!
Summary: 5 Stars

I am adding this review as a parent, because I want other parents to know that the R rating is ridiculous. I watched this movie with my ten-year-old twins. They thought the film was fantastic and insisted that I buy it; we have now watched it three times. Ma Vie En Rose has generated amazing discussions in our house about gender roles, families, societal prejudices against LGBT people, and understanding and accepting differences. I do not think it is suitable for younger children because of the intensity of the anger and violence directed at Ludovic by others (including his parents) simply because he does not conform. This was one of the most memorable and beautiful movies that I have ever seen. The acting is wonderful and the script deals brilliantly with what it must be like for a child who cannot be bound by gender norms. Other reviewers have gone into details regarding the plot, etc., so I need not do that here.

Movie Review: I love this movie.
Summary: 5 Stars

I saw this movie when it was first released in the US, and then went back and saw it again taking more friends with me. I love this movie, it is warm,funny and insightful. The scenes with Pam (aka Barbie) are priceless.
A very poignant look at a boy dealing with gender identity issues, how this affects him and his family. The R rating is ridiculous. This is one of my all time favorite movies I have watched it many times.

Movie Review: A tender and innocent story on transgender in youth.
Summary: 5 Stars

It's clear that this film is a departure from so many foreign film with children. The film draws on the innocence of Ludovic, a 7-year old boy, living in France, who believes he was meant to be a girl. After confusion whether he is a boy or a girl, he learns that girls have XX chromosome; he fantasizes that God made a mistake sending chromosomes into the chimney at his birth. He believes one X chromosome landed into the trash.

Ludovic thinks nothing of correcting the problem, not knowing what life holds for those family members affected by transgenderism. He doesn't hide his feelings for another young boy, his friend Jerome. It is Ludovic's family, and family's colleagues who are very uncomfortable with the problem when it becomes more serious enhanced by tension, fear, blame and guilt.

This is director Alain Berliner' debut film, and he touches the subject carefully, not to confuse homosexuality with transgenderism. Ludovic clearly believes he was meant to be a girl and doesn't confuse that with anything else; he is simply a child believing there is a mistake and he will have it corrected. Meanwhile, he escapes into the fantasy world of feminism and pink. The film, considered a comedy, doesn't quite live up to the comedic thread. It is tender, poignant, and sad. The child played by Georges DeFresne is said to have been an eleven year old playing a seven year old; he performs remarkably as his expressive eyes reveal innocence, confusion, happiness and sadness.

The 1997 film received the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film. There is nothing here that would be offensive to young children. It is something for all. ....Rizzo

Movie Review: An unexpected suprise...
Summary: 4 Stars

I didn't really know what to expect with "Ma Vie En Rose", but this film was an enjoyable surprise. It was interesting to see a 7 year old boy, Ludovic, go through a gender identity crisis. Ludovic truly believes he is a girl in a boy's body or a "girlboy" and tries to prove it "scientifically" by explaining to his parents about God's mistake of throwing away the extra X chromosome in the "trash". Pam, a beautiful doll reminiscent of Barbie, is a doll Ludovic admires and "daydreams" and "escapes" with. This movie had comedic parts, but also painful and heartbreaking moments. Comedic parts come from the consistent imagery of Pam and also the open-minded granny Elizabeth. Painful parts come from Ludo's attempt to kill himself in a freezer, the intolerance from his neighbors and the parents consistent attempts to "change" Ludo's "7 year old boy phase". Overall, this movie probes the idea of gender identity and does it in a light way. This movie isn't close to be as depressing as "Boys Don't Cry" because by the end, Ludo seems to be partially accepted by his parents. But it's interesting to see a different and lighter exploration of gender identity in youth rather than in adults.
-4.5 stars

Movie Review: Sweet Tender Look at gender in children
Summary: 5 Stars

This french movie with subtitles is a sweet tender look at the story of a little boy who thinks he's a little girl or will at least become a woman when he's older, and the reactions of his family and community he lives in. It would be a good movie to reccomend to any parent of a transgender child or adult, as it not only shows societal discrimination, but even how a family can disown a child that is transgender. It also shows the fantasy world the lead character enters to escape.

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Summary of Ma Vie En Rose (My Life in Pink) [VHS]

One of the sweetest films to emerge from Europe in the 1990s, Alain Berliner's Ma Vie en Rose is the story of an innocent little boy, Ludovic (played with noncloying directness by Georges Du Fresne), who wants to be a girl. Convinced that he's the product of misplaced chromosomes (he imagines the mix-up in one of many delightful daydream sequences), he sets about righting the mistake by wearing dresses and high heels and experimenting with lipstick and makeup. The otherwise friendly suburban neighborhood becomes horrified by the gender confusion, though tellingly the cruelest blows come not from the teasing classmates but intolerant adults: one scene recalls the torch-and-pitchfork angry villagers from a Frankenstein movie. Ludo tries hard to be butch, but he can't deny his nature, especially when he meets a kindred spirit: a little girl who gladly trades her dress for his pants and shirt. This bittersweet mix of innocent fantasy and childhood cruelty has its moments of sadness and crushing misunderstandings, but the overall tone is loving, filled with tenderness and culminating in acceptance and togetherness. As the family stumbles and struggles to come to terms with Ludo, they find something special within him, an innocent conviction so powerful and pure that it's infectious. Ludo may not grow up to become a girl as he hopes, but his belief is so strong it's hard to deny him the possibility. This films reminds us that, to a child, anything is possible. --Sean Axmaker

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