Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

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Category: Biography

Year: 2010

Rating: 6.8 ()

Director: Joann Sfar

Language: French

Runtime:130 min | UK: 122 min (recut version)

Release Date: 20 January 2010 (France) See more »

Writers:Joann Sfar (graphic novel), Joann Sfar (screenplay)

Movie Storyline
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.

Cast:
Eric Elmosnino - Serge Gainsbourg
Lucy Gordon - Jane Birkin
Laetitia Casta - Brigitte Bardot
Doug Jones - La Gueule
Anna Mouglalis - Juliette Gréco
Mylène Jampanoï - Bambou
Sara Forestier - France Gall
Kacey Mottet Klein - Lucien Ginsburg
Razvan Vasilescu - Joseph Ginsburg
Dinara Drukarova - Olga Ginsburg (as Dinara Droukarova)
Philippe Katerine - Boris Vian
Deborah Grall - Elisabeth Levizky
Yolande Moreau - Fréhel
Ophélia Kolb - Le modèle
Claude Chabrol - Le producteur musique de Gainsbourg
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Sound Mix: DTS

Color: Black and White

Official Site(s): Music Box Films [United States] | Official site [Germany] |

Trivia:
This film is based on director Joann Sfar's graphic novel about Serge Gainsbourg. The opening animated titles are even drawn by him.

Goofs:
Anachronisms: In the 135 minute version of the film a nightclub reveler laughs about Gainsbourg being parodied on 'Guignols de l'info' (a French puppet show in which celebrities are mocked) but in the same scene Gainsbourg meets Bambou for the first time (his last wife). He married Bambou in 1981 but the Guignols were only created in 1988.

Quotes:
[first lines]
Lucien Ginsburg: Can I put your hand in mine?
Girl: No, you're too ugly.