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Gainsbourg

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Original title

Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque

Year

2010

Running time

130 min.

Country

France

Director

Joann Sfar

Screenwriter

Joann Sfar

Cast

Music

Olivier Daviaud

Cinematography

Guillaume Schiffman

Producer

One World Films, Studio 37, France 2 Cinema, Xilam, Universal Pictures

Genre

Drama | Biography. Music. Literature

Synopsis

A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62. French icon Serge Gainsbourg was a singer, writer, composer and painter, but mostly a full time provocateur, famous for his unruly and unpredictable behavior in public. Gainsbourg: Je T’aime...Moi Non Plus is writer-director Joann Sfar’s adaptation of his own comic book, mixing film and animation to recount major events in the life of Gainsbourg: his childhood as a Jew during the war, his muses, addictions and famous public scandals. With a cast including top model Laetitia Casta as Brigitte Bardot, the late Lucy Gordon as Jane Birkin and lead actor Eric Elmosino eerily channeling Gainsbourg, the film is a dreamy portrait of the glamorous, yet destructive life of the artist, who is frequently mentioned as a major musical influence.

Awards: 2010: 3 Cesar Awards: Best Actor (Elmosnino), Best Sound and First Film. 8 Nominations

2010: Tribeca Film Festival: Best Actor (Eric Elmosnino)

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Critics' reviews

"Both evocative and faithful in its depiction of the famed French singer's lascivious life, 'Gainsbourg (vie heroique)' offers up a feast of memorable chansons (...) Solidly entertaining biopic"

Jordan Mintzer: Variety

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Gainsbourg

2010

Joann Sfar

6.3

(2,378)