Ma Vie En Rose
(My Life in Pink)

Directed by Alain Berliner.

An original, thought-provoking, humorous, compassionate, and award-winning film about Ludovic, a little girl in a little boy’s body

Wednesday, March 24
1:30 p.m.
Kresge Library Student Lounge

Moderated by Professor Jo Reger,
Sociology & Women’s Studies

Clips From Sony Pictures Classics: Ma Vie En Rose (get the Quicktime viewer):

• Ma Vie En Rose Movie Trailer 2.9 MB, 1:14
• Ludovic Dances With Mother And Grandmother 5 MB, 1:48
• Hanna Tells Ludovic That Boys Do Not Marry Boys 3.5 MB, 1:14
• Ludovic Talks With Grandmother And Dreams Of Being A Girl 9.8 MB, 3:23

Online Reviews*:

Nadeau, Chantal. (2000). Life with Pinky Dots. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 6(1), 137-144.

Johnson, Brian. (1998) Ma vie en rose. Maclean's, 111(8), 70.

Kauffmann, Stanley. (1998). Ma Vie. The New Republic, 218(4332), 24.

Stuart, Jan. (1997). Ma Vie en Rose. The Advocate, 749, 51.

Ebert, Roger. (1998). Ma Vie En Rose (My Life in Pink). Retrieved
March 3, 2004, from Chicago Sun-Times Web Site: http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1998/02/021302.html

Millar, Jeff. (1997). Not your usual coming-of-age saga. Retrieved
March 3, 2004, from The Houston Chronicle Web Site: http://www.chron.com/cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/ae/movies/reviews/1114rose.html

McGurk, Margareta. (2002). Compassionate 'Pink' dissects family life. Retrieved
March 3, 2004, from the cincinnati.com Web Site: http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/movies/mcgurk/mylifeinpink.html

LaSalle, Mick.(1997). Life in Pink Sure is Confusing Boy's girlish impulses examined fairly in 'Ma Vie en Rose'. Retrieved March 3, 2004, from the San Francisco Chronicle Web Site: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1997/12/26/DD63766.DTL.

Fuchs, Cindy. (1998). Ma Vie en Rose. Retrieved March 3, 2004, from the Philadelphia citypaper.net Web Site: http://www.citypaper.net/movies/m/mavie.shtml

Online Articles*:

Magid, Ron. (1998). Effecting dreamscapes for Ma vie en rose. American Cinematographer, 79(5), 88.

Norton, Jody (1999). Transchildren and the Discipline of Children's Literature. The Lion and the Unicorn, 23(3), 415-436.

Wilchins, Riki. (2001, Aug. 14) Gender on celluloid. Advocate, p. 26.

Print Articles:

Reader, K. (2002) 'If-I-were-a-girl-and-I-am-not': Cross-dressing in Alain Berliner's 'Ma vie en rose' and Jean Renoir's La 'Grande Illusion'. Esprit Createur 42(3), 50-59. Kresge Library, Fourth Floor Call Number: PQ1 .E77

Trish, Rohrer. (1998) Boys will be girls. Premiere 11(5), 65. Kresge Library, Fourth Floor Call Number: PN1993 .P72

Microfilm Articles:

Riding, Alan. (1997, Dec 21). A gender-bending movie with a message for all. New York Times, p.30 section 2. Krege Library, Second Floor, Microfilm Cabinets, Call Number: MICROFILM AN 2. N4 N48

For more information, contact Julie Voelck voelck@oakland.edu, (248) 370-2486

List of Films the Diversity Film Series has already hosted.

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