Last night I watched
La Vie en Rose, Dahan's biopic about Edith Piaf. I knew she had a terrible life, but not that terrible! How many horrendous things can one person cope with in a lifetime? She "had" it all... Crazy mother who abandons her to be a singer - and fails - , father who leaves her with her grandma who happens to be a Madame, a bit of temporary blindness at 4, the death of many loved ones, including her first and only child, her soul mate dying in a plane crash with this extra added bonus of her own diseased body. Despite all this, she soldiered on and lived her life on stage and for the stage. Well done. I wish I was that brave.
I should really be writing about the clothes in this movie though, as I absolutely didn't expect them to be interesting at all, yet they were. Many very good 1930s to 1950s outfits, in a very simple way.
My favorite being her sailor outfit to celebrate NYE 1936 (below)
And a bit of the real Piaf...
She was a looker, eh?
ReplyDeleteI so agree with your first bit. I first learnt 2 of her songs, as I'd heard them on Saving Private Ryan, then came the soundtrack, then the film, and more songs. That led to Marlene Dietrich etc. But she was so brave!!! Not to mention an outstanding singer!!
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