Patricia Kaas plays Baloise Session

Synopsis

‘In order to sing Edith Piaf, you need life experience and courage,’ says Patricia Kaas. What she means is that one must understand the emotions, the biography and the artistry of the great French chansonière to bring her songs to life. Maybe her own dramatic biography has made Patricia Kaas the ideal interpreter of the legendary Piaf repertoire. She succeeds by giving it her own personal note without tampering with the original authenticity of the chanson, which takes melancholy, irony and disillusion and combines it with an element of pride. Patricia Kaas has managed to create a bridge to the current pensive, intense acoustic sounds of the Seine metropolis, carried out into the world by trendy protagonists like Woodkid.

Additional Info

• No: 8207
• Production year: 2013
• Run time: 01:11:00
• Director: Roli Bärlocher
• Producers: Session Basel AG, SRF
• Format: HDTV 16:9