Piaf - Her Story, Her Songs

Piaf - Her Story, Her Songs
by Bernard Salzmann, George Elder

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Actor: ?dith Piaf, Raquel Bitton
Director: Bernard Salzmann, George Elder
Brand: Lions Gate
Writer: Raquel Bitton
Cinematographer: Bernard Salzmann
Cinematographer: Christian Passuello
Producer: George Elder
Editor: Laurel Ladevich
Editor: Scott Dummler
Producer: Fred Fuchs
Producer: Gerald Prolman
Producer: Larry Polhill
Producer: Terrance Rogers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lions Gate

DVD Reviews of Piaf - Her Story, Her Songs

DVD Review: Piaf Performed by Raquel Bitton
Summary: 3 Stars

Raquel Bitton singing Piaf's songs and narrating the life of Piaf in between songs. Interview/dinner with people who knew and/or worked with Piaf made for an interesting CD.

DVD Review: Edith Piaf
Summary: 5 Stars

I would like to thank Amazon for their wonderful service, I have never been let down. This film, although in subtitles is a wonderful story of Piaf's life with wonderful music throughout. I would highley recomend this film to anyone intrested in Piaf, like my self .I never knew the full extent of heartach she endured in her life, though I guessed as much through the pain in some of her songs.

DVD Review: if your a ladder-day Piaf fan, then....
Summary: 3 Stars

I recently saw the film "La vie en rose", which led me to digging up an old Piaf cassette tape which is no longer plays, which led to buying two new Piaf CD's which led to watching this very interesting presentation by the very talented Raquel Bitton!

I had no idea any person was doing such a thing and so was pleased to whet my Piaf appetite! The program moves from songs sung live to interviews with Piaf friends in a small bistro, and reflections on Piaf's beginnings, life in general and endings.

A very nice tribute to Edith Piaf by what most certainly is her most dedicated admirer!

Pour vous, Raquel! Mon dieu, mon dieu, seul le sait!

DVD Review: Piaf
Summary: 2 Stars

Good. But not amazing. Piaf songs by an other singer called Raquel Bitton. Its not a documental. It is an honoring to the singer across the interpretation of her most notable songs. The intention is good, but it does not impress.

DVD Review: Piaf - Her Story, Her Song
Summary: 5 Stars

This film features an amazing performer with an exceptional voice and great stage presence. The history was also very well done.

Description of Piaf - Her Story, Her Songs

Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 03/25/2008 Run time: 94 minutes Rating: Nr

The life of the definitive French chanteuse, Edith Piaf, is celebrated in this concert/documentary hybrid, Piaf - Her Story...Her Songs. Raquel Bitton, who doesn't so much impersonate Piaf as try to channel the singer through her songs, tells tidbits from Piaf's life between faithful renditions of such classics as "Non je ne regrette rien" ("No Regrets"), "Bravo pour le clown", and of course "La vie en rose." Interspersed with this concert are scenes from a French restaurant, where Bitton has gathered an assortment of people who knew Piaf (including her son and musicians who performed with her) to reminisce about Piaf's tumultuous life and ferocious personality. The result of this cutting back and forth is a bit haphazard--the anecdotes tend to be gossipy and self-indulgent, while Bitton's sketchy narrative of the singer's life (delivered mostly in English) serves more to introduce the songs than to actually tell Piaf's biography. The songs are lovely (though fans may prefer recordings of Piaf herself to a recording of Bitton imitating Piaf) and there are some intriguing scraps of archival footage, including Piaf responding to reporters after being accused of murder and a glimpse of a melancholy Marlene Dietrich at Piaf's funeral. --Bret Fetzer

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