Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)

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130 min - Biography | Drama | Music - 20 January 2010 (France)

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Ratings: 6.7/10 from 3,855 users Metascore: 58/100
Reviews: 21 user | 115 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com

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.

Director:

Joann Sfar

Writers:

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

Stars:

Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon and Laetitia Casta

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Eric Elmosnino	...	Serge Gainsbourg / voix de La Gueule
	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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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.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Music

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Details

Release Date:

20 January 2010 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

Gainsbourg See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

€2,810,500 (France) (24 January 2010) (499 Screens)

Gross:

$9,234,225 (France)

Company Credits

Production Co:

One World Films, Studio 37, Universal Pictures International (UPI) See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min | UK: 122 min (recut version)

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Trivia

Lucy Gordon died when the film was in post production. This film is dedicated to her memory. See more »

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. See more »

Quotes

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

Featured in "De wereld draait door: Episode #5.128" (2010) See more »