Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
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Alternate/Foreign Title: Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) [Original title]
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2012-03-06
Genre: Foreign
Sub-genre: Drama
Director: Joann Sfar
Stars: Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta, Doug Jones, Sara Forestier, Anna Mouglalis, Mylène Jampanoï, Kacey Mottet Klein, Razvan Vasilescu, Dinara Drukarova, Philippe Katerine, Deborah Grall
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Synopsis: Comic book artist Joann Sfar interprets the life of '60s pop star Serge Gainsbourg (Eric Elmosnino),1921-1991, beginning with his childhood years in Nazi-occupied Paris, through his early years as a painter and jazz musician (brushing shoulders with Boris Vian), to his life as a wildly popular singer-songwriter, notorious bon vivant, and lover of some of the world's most glamorous women. Gainsbourg's two-sided personality (narcissistic and self-loathing) and his over-the-top antics with Brigitte Bardot (Laetitia Casta), Jane Birkin (Lucy Gordon), and beatnik icon Juliette Gréco (Anna Mouglalis) share the screen with a giant puppet alter-ego: a scary, libidinous bad-boy who personifies all of Gainsbourg's worst proclivities.
Source: Music Box Films
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