“FOR EDITH PIAF” (Italy, Teatro Potlach), in English

Director: Pino Di Buduo

With: Nathalie Mentha

A musical journey into France of the 1930s to 1960s, through Edith Piaf’s songs.  Stories of lives shaped in the underworld of France.  Stories of women in love, of passions and dreams. Memories of lives lost. This is a narration of an era, a historical moment of great turmoil across Europe. It is the time of Jacques Prévert’s poetry, Cartier-Bresson’s photography, Jean Cocteau’s theatrical tales. The coming of the Second World War that shattered so many families. The music of Charlie Chaplin’s films. The haunting images and characters of De Sica’s Roma Città Aperta. The French Resistance. The struggle for life, for love. At the heart of this performance lies a soul – the soul that connects all these stories. And perhaps most of all, Edith Piaf’s soul, whispering her timeless credo: “Never stop believing in love, whatever happens.”

PERFORMANCES AROUND THE WORLD:Salvador de Bahia, Recife, Caruaru, Rio de Janeiro (BRAZIL);Mexico City (MEXICO); Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Delhi, Auroville, Pondichéry (INDIA);Tokyo (JAPAN); San Antonio, Bethlehem (USA); Tehran (IRAN); Seville (SPAIN); Goleniow (POLAND).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtZukCubR8s