The read
A Balasaur Score of 51 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 29%. Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,355 1980s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Francis LaiOriginal Music Composer
- Claude LelouchDirector
- Claude LelouchWriter
Cast
- Évelyne BouixEdith Piaf / Margot de Villedieu
- Jacques VilleretJacques Barbier
- Francis HusterFrancis Roman
- Jean-Claude BrialyLoulou Barrier
- Jean BouiseLucien Roupp
- Charles GérardCharlot
- Marcel Cerdan Jr.Marcel Cerdan
- Charlotte de TurckheimGinou Richer
- Micky SébastianMarinette Cerdan
- Maurice GarrelMargot's Father
- Ginette GarcinGuite
- Philippe KhorsandJo Longman
