Mumwe mukurumbira wokuimba weFrance akaberekwa muna 1915 mumhuri ye-acrobat uye musikana asina kubudirira. Edith Giovanna Gassion akanga asiri mwana chaiye akachiva uye munguva pfupi amai vake vakamusiya, uye baba vake (acrobat) vakanga vari mberi panguva iyoyo. Mushure mekunge adzokera kumusha, akaziva kuti mwanasikana wake aigara mukuvhiringidzika uye kune ani. Musikana uyu aigara mumamiriro asina tsvina, uye kuti haana kuita meshavlazroslym, mumukaka wake kwenguva yakareba akadurura doro. Baba vaEdith vakatora mwanasikana wavo ndokutumira kuna amai vake muNormandy, amai vake vakashanda sevebiki mumba.
Yakanga iri muimba yevanhu iyo yakasvika pakuzivikanwa kuti musikana akanga ari bofu, zvino kuti abatsire mbuya vake kuenda kuimba yemamende uye vanyengeterere kuti awanezve muzukuru wake, uye, o, chishamiso, maziso aEdith. Pazera remakore matanhatu, musikana wacho akatanga kuona, akazoenda chikoro, asi akarega kudzidza kuchikoro chake, nokuti vabereki vake vakanga vasingadi kuona musikana kubva kumhuri yevana vadiki. Zvadaro, baba vanotora musikana uyu kuParis, uko panguva yemitambo yake yakaita musikana akaimba.
Upenyu nababa vake hwakanga husina kusiyana nehupenyu hwemukadzi, baba vake vaigara vachishandura vasikana vavo, musikana wacho roslasama ari oga, uye nguva nenguva, paaidhakwa, akapotsa Edith. Musikana uyu akanzwisisa kuti vaifanira kubva mumba vachikurumidza. Muna 1932, ava nemakore gumi nemasere, akazoziva baba vekunda wake Louis Dupont, asi ukama hwehukama hwechiduku hauna kuiswa, Edith anotora mwana ndokutanga kurarama ari oga. Panguva ino muParis, yakapararira "Spaniard" uye Edith, nemwanasikana wake Marcel vanorwara, asi musikana anofa.
Uyu musikana muduku akaurayiwa, uyo asati ava nemakore makumi maviri nemashanu nekuda kwekushaya mari yemariro, anofa nokuda kwechiito chakakomba chekuita hupombwe. Yaiva nguva yake yekutanga uye yekupedzisira, iye akaonekwa nemurume mupfumi ari pedyo nehotera, akakokwa muimba yacho ndokubvunza kuti nei achizviita, Edith akatendeseka akareurura kuti akanga asina 10 mazana francs kuti atenge bhokisi remukadzi wake. Akashamiswa nemurume akapfuma anopa Edith 10 francs (vakataura uye akaudza nezvekuguma kwake uye zvaanoita), uye anonyorawo pamapepa imwe kero imwe cabaret, umo zuva rakatevera richava kuongororwa kwevaimbi vaduku. Edith akazvinyorwa uye mukati memakore maviri akatevera aiita paresitorendi Zhernis, panguva imwechete mukuzivikanwa kwake kokutanga kunouya kwaari.
Muridzi weimba yokuraira anodzidzisa Edith zvishamiso zvose zvekuimba, uye anouyawo nemutauro wePausonym, uyo muchiFrench unoreva shiri duku. Mushure mekufa kwemupiki wake, Piafznakomitsya nemunyori weruzivo Raymond Aso, murume uyu haana kungova mudiwa wake, asiwo pachake pachake, nokuti akadzidzisa tsika dzenyika.
Uye saka, awa rake rakanakisisa rakauya: Piaf akakokwa kuti aimbire muimba inonyanya kuzivikanwa yeParis "ABC". Vanhu vose vakamutora kuimba naye sobscheniem, uye mutsamba wacho akanyora kuti muFrance nyeredzi yenyika yakazvarwa. Pazera remakore makumi matatu anonyanya kuzivikanwa uye achida, pasi payo kunyora zvinyorwa uye Piaf haasisiri muimbi chete, asiwo mutambi wemifananidzo. Pasinei nekududzirwa kwebondondes, iyo yakanga yakaisvonaka kwazvo kupfuura yaainzi Piaf, Edith anochinjwa kuva nyanzvi yefirimu. Pamusoro peiyo yefirimu inotevera, Edith Piaf uye iye zvino zvisingazivikanwi Yves Montand anotendeuka kuva vadikani. Ari nemakore mashomanana akakura kupfuura iye, uye ane ruzivo rwakawanda, anomutendesa kuva chibvumirano, achibatsire yakakurumbira.
Edith Piaf aive netsika yekubatsira vose vadikamwi vake-mumwe kuti aonekwe, kune vamwe nezvemari. Kunyange Edith aive akakurumbira pamusana pekukwanisa kwake kukanda varume, muupenyu hwake iye akanyatsoteerera kune pfungwa yokuti iwe unoda kukandira varume vasati vatanga kufunga nezvazvo. Akanga ane vadikamwi vake vose, uye mushure mokunge apedza kubatana akandipa hukama hwakawanda uye jira rebhuruu. Sekuguma, mushure memakore maviri eukama neMontan akanaka, anoikurumidza pakarepo.
Edith Piaf aifarira murume uye panguva imwechete aigona kuva nevanoda vatatu kana kupfuura, vakatsiviwa, uye akaramba achikunda chiitiko. Pakanga pane chido uye rudo, apo manzwiro aya akazonyangarika, akakanda uyu kana murume uyu. Muimbi akamboita joked kuti kana iwe ukaunganidza nhamba yevadzimai vake vose, ipapo pachava nomutungamiriri wefoni. Uye saka, panguva yekushanya, anozoziva rudo rwehupenyu hwake - Marcel Cerdan, ndokudaro muEurope anoshanda mubhokisi.
Serdan uye Piaf havana kuvanza ukama hwavo, iye aiva tenzikadzi wake, uye akanga ari murume akaroora ane vana vatatu.
Sangano, Serdana akatoshamwaridzana naVa Piaf, uye vana vake vakanga vasingadi mweya mumuimbi (kunyange zvazvo ukama hwakanaka pakati pemudzimai wake naSerdan mudzimai wepamutemo hwakatanga mushure mekufa kwaMarcel).
Rudo rwavo rwakaguma mudambudziko, Marcel akatiza kubva kuParis kuenda kuNew York mundiza yendege, Piaf akapinda mukunwa, asi zvakadaro akaenderera nguva nenguva. Akanyarara akagura bvudzi rake. Somugumisiro, muimbi akachinja valkolichku, akazvibvumira kunwa doro pachigamba uye basa rake, pamwe nehupenyu hwehupenyu hwega hukakwira pasi. Piaf haana kukwanisa kubvisa marwadzo mushure mekurasikirwa kwaaida.
Pane imwe nguva akatanga kutaurirana nevana vaduku pachitambo, gare gare akaonekwa kuti akachena sefivha. Mushure mechinguva, akasarudza kupedza upenyu hwake nekuzviuraya, asi akaponeswa. Makore maviri mushure mekufa kwaSerdan, Piaf inowira mumotokari yemotokari, mushure mekunge vanachiremba vakazviunganidza muzvidimbu.Achipatara, anopiwa morphine kuvhara marwadzo uye nokukurumidza haagoni kufungidzira hupenyu hwake pasina chirwere ichi.
Munguva yemakore mana anotevera, detonator inoshanda chete kune ichi chinodhaka uye inoshanda zvikuru nekusingaperi, sezvo inozivikanwa kuti morphine inokonzera kuora mwoyo uye zvakaoma kushanda munyika ino.
Pane imwe nguva, pangozi yemishonga, akaona chiso chaamai vake, avo vakafa pazera remakore makumi mashanu kubva mukudarika kwe morphine uye muimbi akasarudza kumusunga zvachose nemushonga uyu. Piaf akabvisa kusagadzikana kwe morphine, asi akapfuurira kunwa doro.
Pasinei nemitemo yake yakaipa, Edith akaenderera mberi kushanda, uyewo kutora nhaurwa. Rudo rwake rwekupedzisira rwakanga rwuri musikana wemakore makumi maviri nemashanu ainzi Theo Lambucas. Vakasangana kuchipatara (kushandiswa kwenguva refu kwezvinodhaka uye doro hakugoni kuchinja hutano hwake), uko Piaf akabatwa nekenza yeropa. Nokukurumidza Theoi Edith acharoora. Mune mapikicha akabatana, iye uye anotarisa akafara.
Muna 1963, Piaf akafa, uye murume wake wechidiki akasara asina chinhu, nokuti zvose zvaasina kuwana kubva kumudzimai akakurumbira ndiye mvumo yake, yaaifanira kubhadhara mushure mekufa kwake.
