Movie Review - La Vie En Rose

I just got home from the best movie, LA VIE EN ROSE. French with English subtitles, it's the rather tragic story of French singer Edith Piaf (1915-1963). Abandoned by her mother at a young age while her father was fighting in WWI, and then raised in a brothel run by her paternal grandmother, Edith got her start when she was found singing on the streets of Paris to earn money. An incredible talent, it didn't take her long to rise to the top as a huge star, but her alcohol and drug addictions caused her health to suffer and her career was brought to a rather abrupt end. The movie goes back and forth in a rather confusing manner and although the dates are given at the bottom of the screen it is still hard to tell at times what is going on when. That said the story was wonderful and poignant, especially even after a love affair that ends tragically, she says that love is the most important thing in life and that, as the title of one of her most famous songs goes, she has "No Regrets". The actress playing Edith Piaf certainly should be nominated for all sorts of awards -- she is absolutely flawless.