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14/02/2007 Music, Drama 2h 20m
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The extraordinary story of Edith Piaf.

Overview

From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.

  1. Olivier Dahan

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Marion Cotillard

    Edith Piaf

  2. Sylvie Testud

    Simone 'Mômone' Berteaut

  3. Pascal Greggory

    Louis Barrier

  4. Emmanuelle Seigner

    Titine

  5. Jean-Paul Rouve

    Louis Gassion

  6. Gérard Depardieu

    Louis Leplée

  7. Clotilde Courau

    Annetta Gassion

  8. Jean-Pierre Martins

    Marcel Cerdan

  9. Catherine Allégret

    Louise Gassion

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-04-03
Marion Cotillard is super in this depiction of the life of French chanteuse Édith Piaf - from her upbringing in a brothel through the stages of her life that moulded this flawed but inspirational, and rather sad, woman into the truly international superstar that she became. Her performance is captivating; capturing the mannerisms and characteristics in a gritty, sympathetic and authentic fashion; leaving us in no doubt as to the thin emotional tightrope Piaf walked between sanity and, eventually, a drug-induced stupor and of the risks that involved not just for her, but those loyal (and not s...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$25,000,000.00

Revenue
$86,274,793.00

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