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ShortClara said:I hated this film. HATED it. Amazing performance of Edith Piaf, but I thought the film making lacking. I don't think beating me on the head for 2+ hours is good film making. **SPOILERS**
By the end, I was glad she died, because that meant it was over! Now I love a good serious film - I do. But I didn't think it was an emotional roller-coaster at all - I thought it was like going to the dentist. They never let the audience up for air, to have a bit of happiness, a brief sadistic laugh, nothing. Even when she was in love, I knew it would end badly - KNEW it, so I couldn't even enjoy it! I didn't care about her at the end, I was so strung out, and that made me sad. When I think on something like "Saving Private Ryan" which made me cry and cry in the theatre... but I loved it all the same. But that film was a rollercoaster, instead of people hitting me on the head with a steel pipe for a long time and just die already Edith and let me out!! *sorry* - ahem. I would not wish this film on anyone but Guantanamo detainees suspected of terrorism.
No offense to anyone who liked it - really. I just think there are more deft ways of handling grim subject matter.