Edith and Marcel

Movie

Edith and Marcel

Drama

Romance

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.

Date: 01/01/1983

Rating: 5.5

Cast: Évelyne Bouix, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Bouise, Charles Gérard, Marcel Cerdan Jr., Charlotte de Turckheim, Micky Sébastian, Maurice Garrel, Ginette Garcin, Philippe Khorsand, Jany Gastaldi, Candice Patou, Tanya Lopert, Jean Rougerie, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Charles Aznavour, Fouad Sakete, Yveline Ailhaud

Évelyne Bouix