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Oscar and the Lady in Pink

Oscar and the Lady in Pink

20096.51h 45m

Overview

Listening in to a conversation between his doctor and parents, 10-year-old Oscar learns what nobody has the courage to tell him. He only has a few weeks to live. Furious, he refuses to speak to anyone except straight-talking Rose, the lady in pink he meets on the hospital stairs. As Christmas approaches, Rose uses her fantastical experiences as a professional wrestler, her imagination, wit and charm to allow Oscar to live life and love to the full, in the company of his friends Pop Corn, Einstein, Bacon and childhood sweetheart Peggy Blue. Written by American Film Market

Directed by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Written by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Produced by Philippe Godeau, Bruno Metzger, Olivier Rausin
Box Office0Revenue: $1.8M

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Top Cast

Amir Ben Abdelmoumen

Amir Ben Abdelmoumen

Oscar

Michèle Laroque

Michèle Laroque

Rose

Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

Le docteur Dusseldorf

Mylène Demongeot

Mylène Demongeot

Lily, la mère de Rose

Jérôme Kircher

Jérôme Kircher

Le père d'Oscar

Amira Casar

Amira Casar

Madame Gommette

Constance Dollé

Constance Dollé

La mère d'Oscar

Benoît Brière

Benoît Brière

L'annonceur

Mathilde Goffart

Mathilde Goffart

Peggy Blue

B

Bruno Metzger

Le père de Peggy

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Themes & Keywords

friendshipbased on novel or bookpizza deliveryleukemiagodhospitalbone marrow transplant

About Oscar and the Lady in Pink

Oscar and the Lady in Pink is a drama, family film released in 2009 exploring themes of friendship, based on novel or book, pizza delivery, leukemia, god, hospital. Directed by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, it stars Amir Ben Abdelmoumen, Michèle Laroque, Max von Sydow. Listening in to a conversation between his doctor and parents, 10-year-old Oscar learns what nobody has the courage to tell him. He only has a few weeks to live. Furious, he refuses to speak to anyone except straight-talking Rose, the lady in pink he meets on the hospital stairs. As Christmas approaches, Rose uses her fantastical experiences as a professional wrestler, her imagination, wit and charm to allow Oscar to live life and love to the full, in the company of his friends Pop Corn, Einstein, Bacon and childhood sweetheart Peggy Blue. Written by American Film Market

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