Marion Cotillard Quits Burlesque Show In Steamy, Nonsensical Dior Film (VIDEO)

At HuffPost Style, we openly write about our crush on Marion Cotillard -- and today we're crushing a little harder after watching her latest short film for Christian Dior. Directed by John Cameron Mitchell, Marion plays a burlesque dancer who presents a wheelchair-bound Ian McKellan with a key to her dressing room. But then, wait! She quits the show! And madness ensues. Dior-clad madness, of course.

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Comments

[NekoLaw]

05:26 PM on 12/10/2010

It's the most magical handbag ever!!!

[Shark7]

01:15 PM on 12/10/2010

As a Huffpost fan I am disappointed and dumbfounded by your review. First off, the use of "wheelchair-bound" is journalistically incorrect and highly derogatory, please review the AP Stylebook and Libel Manual.

Per your review--how you missed the fact that the film is trite, sanctimonious, is amazing. It is nothing but a montage of cliche', incorrect stereotypes-- McKellan's character, plays the lonely and sad--he is in a wheelchair so he MUST be sad right?--wheelchair user. And the blanket covering his legs? Is Mitchell serious? That stereotype went out in the 1940's. The ending where Cotillard's tender sexuality "cured" poor "wheelchair-bound" McKellan, and he stood up, the sun hit him and he smiles for the first time in the film--plays into the stereotype that if you are a wheelchair user, only standing and walking will make you happy. If such incorrect and outdated stereotypes had been applied to other minorities there would be a massive outrage.

[pcpc]

10:50 AM on 12/09/2010

This is a romantic film in and by itself!!!! Breath-taking!!

[ChaiKat]

10:49 AM on 12/09/2010

That was quite lovely.

[SuperMoncho]

02:50 AM on 12/09/2010

So Hot:)

[moose and squirrel]

11:35 PM on 12/08/2010

a beautiful video but i did not like the music at all, nor the unrealistically loud sound of the key. 

[PatricefromNH]

10:24 PM on 12/08/2010

Absolutely beautiful....how sad for those who find it boring, perhaps they don't know how to immerse themselves in it's fantasy and artistry.

[Paul The Octopus]

11:04 PM on 12/08/2010

Some people are just brute, they can't appreciate art. That was sublime!

[fabhell]

04:31 PM on 12/09/2010

No kidding. When fashion gets it right, its soooooooo right!

[Phil22]

12:55 PM on 12/10/2010

A commercial was sublime? meh. ;)

[cattuslavandula]

10:06 PM on 12/08/2010

ummm...that was a steaming pile.
and it was boring, too.

[Mannock]

07:33 AM on 12/09/2010

You are so right. And it really gets boring after the hundredth viewing. Gotta go, as I am up to number hundred and one. Bore me, doll face...

[cattuslavandula]

02:55 PM on 12/09/2010

lol, well i didn't say marion wasn't beautiful in this turkey!

[StraferX]

02:10 PM on 12/09/2010

It was better with sound off and slayer playing on the headset.

[AquaBuddha]

06:01 PM on 12/08/2010

Is haute couture all about moneyed decadence?

[thehappymos]

08:02 PM on 12/08/2010

uh....duh?

[peskime]

09:51 PM on 12/08/2010

Actually, yes

[Famos]

05:53 PM on 12/08/2010

WOW

[uberman]

05:53 PM on 12/08/2010

What a flamming pile of dog doody. Should be filler commercial for 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.' And BTW: I somehow get the feeling that Ian isnt really 'excited' by the glamor girl. It's called 'Acting.'

[sweetwhine]

05:51 PM on 12/08/2010

I adore her. I'd pick Ian McKellan to.

[Bill Bushing]

05:46 PM on 12/08/2010

I saw her in two different movies in the same weekend and had no idea it was the same actress playing both roles. Based on those two films I was impressed.

[Rodrigo Saitua]

05:32 PM on 12/08/2010

Oh wow!! This lady is soooooooo sexy!!

[tizzylish]

05:24 PM on 12/08/2010

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