Allow me a small correction to the scenario.

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2007)

I couldn't add much to some of the excellent reviews of this excellent film presented on this site. I would just like to correct one impression left by the film that Cerdan's last trip to the US, when the plane he was in crashed, was to see Piaf. Of course, they would have met, but Cerdan was returning to the US for a return fight with Jake LaMotta. Cerdan had previously fought this American champion in Detroit. Cerdan had been knocked down in the first round, and dislocated his shoulder. As a result, in spite of showing immense courage, he had to abandon the fight after the tenth round due to his injury. Following the plane crash in the Azores, the French public was of the opinion that the American mafia had sabotaged the plane, because they knew that a healthy Cerdan would certainly had defeat LaMotta.