>>  I've been on a bit of a biographical kick lately, focusing mostly on culturally influential women (right now I'm about halfway through Tina Brown's The Diana Chronicles, and it's been fantastic so far).  Anyway, going along with that theme, I was lucky enough to catch La Mome/La Vie en Rose, the Edith Piaf biopic starring Marion Cotillard, which only seems to be in limited release here in the States. 

I was initially intrigued by the movie ...