Second in line is Mrion Cotillard as Luisa Contini in "Nine".I know that not many of you actually saw this because everyone likes to hate on musical and stuff, but this one was actually pretty enjoyable!
I have to say Cotillard never really was on my radar until "La môme" aka "La vie en rose", because she used to do pretty shitty french movies, and then even thought she actually had a big break being cast in american blockbusters such as "Big Fish" from Tim Burton she never really struck me as an interesting character, and then...
I must say the most fascinating aspect of her performance in "La Môme" is the physical one, as far as voice and acting goes I think she was a bit over the top, but then she was in a string of good movies, "Nine" and "Public Enemies" to name a few.
I guess in this particular one what struck me is the amount of "retenue" with which she interprets the role, she was really good at depicting Luisa, who was an actress and gave it all up to be a muse and the wife of a famous director. I also love the idea that it is a lesson of old european retenue compared to the openly sexual portrayals offered by Nicole Kidman, Fergie, Penelope Cruz and Kate Hudson.
The scene where she sings "My husband makes movies" was incredibly touching, but she saves the best for last until the end, when she realizes that her husband is just an abusive liar, and that her whole life was a lie, I haven't quite recovered from the way she delivers that line "You're just an appetite, and the day you'll stop wanting things you'll die. You take everything, and I'm empty". I guess we've all been there!
I also thought the way it was intertwined with the song "Take it all" was really clever, to have such a beautiful, poised and classy goodbye scene mixed up with a dirty cabaret scene was a work of genius.
You really got the feeling she had reached her limit, given it her best, and that she was exhausted and couldn't give any more....
I guess for some reason that struck a chord in me, and I found the image of her soul-baring strip-tease quite haunting.
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