Édith Piaf (born Édith Giovanna Gassion, 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely ...
"La Vie en Rose," a sprawling and passionate film about the miserable life of French singing idol Edith Piaf, which opens Filmfest DC tonight, ought to be a lousy movie. It commits too many of the ...