La Vie en Rose is biggest French hit of 2007
As the 2007 film season draws to a close, French cinema charts this year place Olivier Dahan’s La Vie en Rose [+see also:
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A third French film also makes it into the top ten: Claude Berri’s Hunting and Gathering [+see also:
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These triumphs are followed by the musical film Frenchmen 2 [+see also:
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Next in line is Alexandra Leclère’s comedy The Price to Pay [+see also:
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The list of France’s top ten box-office hits of 2007 closes with Laurent Tirard’s Molière [+see also:
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It should also be noted that Luc Jacquet’s The Fox and the Child [+see also:
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As for European films, besides the US/UK blockbusters (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [+see also:
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The Golden Compass with 1.2m admissions garnered in 12 days), the biggest success of the year is unquestionably the outstanding German title The Lives of Others [+see also:
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The UK documentary Planet Earth by Alastair Fothergill also puts in a respectable performance with 1.26m viewers.
(Translated from French)
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