La Mome (La Vie En Rose, 2007)

This film on the life of Edith Piaf easily falls into the recent genre of musician biopics, and could just as easily feature Johnny Cash or Ray Charles – only its French. So we get the difficult childhood, complicated relationship with a parent, struggle for recognition, drug addiction, extra-marital love, all with an Oscar-worthy performance from Marion Cotillard – except her’s is truly amazing.