From the streets of the cutthroat Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York’s glamorous concert halls, Edith Piaf’s life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in abject poverty, surrounded by hookers and pimps, Edith’s magical voice made her a star on both sides of the Atlantic. Her passionate romances and friendships with the greatest names of the period – Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Deitrich, boxing world champion Marcel Cerdan – made her a household name as much as her memorable live performances and beautiful renditions of songs she made famous internationally, “La Vie en Roseâ€, “Milordâ€, “Hymn to Loveâ€, “Non, je ne regrette rien†and many more. But in her audacious attempt to tame her tragic destiny, the “Little Sparrow†– as she was nicknamed – flew so high that she could not fail to burn her wings.
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