Edith and Marcel

Release Date: 1983-01-01

Overview: 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.

Rating: 5.8 / 10

Cast

Évelyne Bouix

as Edith Piaf / Margot de Villedieu

Jacques Villeret

as Jacques Barbier

Francis Huster

as Francis Roman

Jean-Claude Brialy

as Loulou Barrier

Jean Bouise

as Lucien Roupp