Vive la rose is an 18th-century French folk song about unrequited love.
[1] It was interpreted by several other musicians; one such interpretation was referred to as "une vieille chanson française interprétée par la suite par Guy Béart pour les enfants".
[2] It was interpreted by Guy Béart (1960), Cora Vaucaire (1975), Nana Mouskouri (1978), Mes souliers sont rouges (2000), and Ten Strings and a Goat Skin (2013).
Other names for the song include "Mon amant me délaisse" and "La méchante."
[3] The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2009,[4] and was a Genie Award nominee for the Best Animated Short at the 30th Genie Awards.