Edith Piaf's music captures an era like nothing else, and conjures up images of smoky Parisian bars filled with romance and sorrow. Apparently that was also an image of her life.

Here's what our favourite resources say at time of writing:

Rotten Tomatoes - 75% ("The real achievement is Marion Cotillard's wholly convincing performance")

Metacritic - 66 (critics), 8.8 (users)

IMDb - 7.6

We're glad for this, because we have high hopes for the film.

Synopsis

From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Edith Piaf's life was a battle to sing and survive, live and love.

Raised in poverty, Edith's magical voice and her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period - Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan and others - made her a star all around the world.

But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the Little Sparrow - her nickname - flew so high she could not fail to burn her wings.

Is it as good as we hope?

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