More than sixty years after her death, a new biographical film about the legendary French chanson singer Edith Piaf is being filmed with the help of artificial intelligence.
Edith, a joint venture between Warner Music Group and Piaf's estate manager, is planned to be 90 minutes long. The production, set in Paris and New York, follows the life of the singer from the 1920s to the 60s. Piaf died on October 10, 1963.
The narrator of the film will be Piaf herself, as she will be voiced in her original voice with the help of artificial intelligence. At the same time, the creators of the film promise that the audience will be able to learn previously unknown details of Piaf's life.
The animation lends the story a modern approach, and through archival footage, stage and television performances, and TV interviews, viewers can get an authentic picture of important moments in Piaf's life, the music publisher announced.
Warner Music Group is working with the production company Seriously Happy to develop the film. According to Warner Music, they will be able to portray Piaf's life story in an authentic way with the help of artificial intelligence studying hundreds of audio and film recordings of Piaf.
In the film Edith, whose screenplay was written by Julie Veille and Gilles Marliac, her famous hits such as La Vie en rose or Non, je ne regrette rien are also used.
According to Catherine Glavas and Christie Laume, curators of the Piaf estate, the AI technology brings Piaf's voice to life as if we were in the same room with her again. They added that the film is able to convey Piaf's true, "cheerful personality, humor and unwavering spirit".
Variety recalled that many documentaries and feature films have already been made about the artist, including the biographical drama Piaf in 2007, for which Marion Cotillar received an Oscar for the title role.
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Cover image: Edith Piaf would narrate her life herself with the help of artificial intelligence
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