LA VIE EN ROSE

Epic Drama celebrating famous French singer Edith Piaf - Lots of ups and downs here - childhood in a brothel, singing for coins on the streets, meeting a successful nightclub owner, romance with a boxer, battles with drug addiction, and touring and winning over audiences. Back dropped with voice tracks of the real Edith Piaf, actress Marion Cotillard provides a lively dramatic stage presence. In contrast there are many (too many in my opinion) scenes focusing on her frailty and sickness. Piaf died at 47 having pushed herself beyond the limits of her health. Interesting movie, and/but I had hoped to see a more detailed account of her song-making and rise to fame, and less of her illness and ill-fated childhood.