A dramatic retelling of the life of Edith Piaf, considered one of the great performers of France. Raised in a brothel, taken to work in a circus by her father, and eventually abandoned by her parents, she spent her teen years on the streets. Eventually "rescued" by a crime figure who gives her career a start, she makes her way to international success, despite recurring frailty, illness, wild moods, drug and alcohol problems.
year: 2007
call number/section: 92
subjects: piaf, edith, 1915-1963, drama, fiction films, man-woman relationship, france, drama, circus performers, father-daughter relationship, women singers, padre e hija, francia, teatro, cantantes, man-woman relationships, fathers and daughters, father-child relationship, france, drama, drame, dvd-video discs, videodiscs, video recordings for the hearing impaired, musical films, biographical films, feature films, musical, feature, biographical