MADEMOISELLE VICTORINE!

Mademoiselle Victorine has made her debut. The historical fiction book based on the lives of Victorine Meurent and Virginia, the Countess of Castiglione, is now available in book stores and from online booksellers who began introducing the saucy French mademoiselle to the American and Canadian public on July 24, 2007. The foreign online booksellers and selected bookstores in Paris have also released the book to the public. Thank you so much to the book reviewers who have said such kind things about the book. Thank you to the dear readers who have begun to read and enjoy the novel. I, an author, cannot find the words to express how grateful I am.

La Vie En Rose

Frenchimpressionista loves French movies and rates La Vie En Rose as a three Camembert winner! (Unlike most movie reviewers, Frenchimpressionista uses an inverse system of odor to quality of film. The smellier the cheese, the better the film!)

The film stars Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf. Her performance is brilliant, as it ranges from young adulthood to old age. If you saw her in A Good Year with Russell Crowe, you will find her appearance unrecognizable as she transforms herself physically and spritiually into the tragic and transcendental Edith Piaf. A supporting role by Gerard Depardieu sparkles as well.

A great film, surely not to be missed by anyone who loves Paris and Edith.