Marion Cotillard is amazing as french singer and collector of tragedies Edith Piaf. I was expecting basically a film where 1. Marion Cotillard is amazing and 2 the rest of the movie is so so. I was wrong for sure as the creative editing and stylish direction keep what could be a pot boiler totally fresh. I suppose I should expect the french to take a music biopic and go to town with it. Note the amazing tracking shots and one particularly long and amazing tracking shot at the beginning of the 3rd act. I still haven't seen Ray or Walk the Line but I really doubt they hold a candle to this film.
4/5
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