Édith et Marcel

Apr 13 1983 TV-G 2h 42m
Biography, Drama, Romance

This tragic musical drama chronicles the star-crossed love between beloved French singer Edith Piaf and World Middleweight boxing champion Marcel Cerdan who died in a plane crash. The tumultuous affair is paralleled by the love affair of a French POW and his young pen pal who get engaged after writing to each other for four years and having never met. Their romances are framed by the sad, torchy songs of Piaf.

Plot

The world's most popular entertainer and Europe's greatest boxer: the film puts the love affair of these two national heroes against a backdrop of the end of World War II, hotel suites in New York, transatlantic plane flights, Cerdan's loss of the world middleweight title to Jake Lamotta, and Piaf's gift for tragic love songs.

Written by

Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven, Gilles Durieux

Directed by

Claude Lelouch

Cast

Evelyne Bouix, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Parafrance Films, Les Films 13

Languages

Français

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
424
Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA