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Taking the best from LA VIE EN ROSE and AMELIE, renowned comic book artist Joann Sfar’s GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE is a completely original take on one of France’s greatest mavericks, the illustrious and infamous Jewish singer-songwriter, Serge Gainsbourg (Eric Elmosnino). Born Lucien Ginsburg to Russian-Jewish parents, Sfar follows him from his precocious childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris, to his beginnings as small time jazz musician and finally pop superstar. Along the way he romances many of the era’s most beautiful women, including Juliette Greco (Anna Mouglalis), Brigitte Bardot (Laetitia Casta) and Jane Birkin (Lucy Gordon). Employing a witty surrealistic style and a soundtrack that includes many of the musician’s greatest hits, GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE is a quintessential time capsule to ‘60’s Paris.
Original Release
01/20/2010
US Release
08/31/2011
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Eric Elmosnino | Voix de La Gueule / Serge Gainsbourg |
Lucy Gordon | Jane Birkin |
Laetitia Casta | Brigitte Bardot |
Doug Jones | La Gueule |
Anna Mouglalis | Juliette Gréco / Juliette Greco |
Mylène Jampanoï | Bambou |
Sara Forestier | France Gall |
Kacey Mottet Klein | Lucien Ginsburg |
Razvan Vasilescu | Joseph Ginsburg (le père) / Joseph Gainsburg (le père) |
Dinara Drukarova | Olga Ginsburg (la mère) / Olga Gainsburg (la mère) |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Eric Elmosnino | Voix de La Gueule / Serge Gainsbourg |
Lucy Gordon | Jane Birkin |
Laetitia Casta | Brigitte Bardot |
Doug Jones | La Gueule |
Anna Mouglalis | Juliette Gréco / Juliette Greco |
Mylène Jampanoï | Bambou |
Sara Forestier | France Gall |
Kacey Mottet Klein | Lucien Ginsburg |
Razvan Vasilescu | Joseph Ginsburg (le père) / Joseph Gainsburg (le père) |
Dinara Drukarova | Olga Ginsburg (la mère) / Olga Gainsburg (la mère) |
Philippe Katerine | Boris Vian |
Deborah Grall | Elisabeth Levizky |
Yolande Moreau | Fréhel |
Ophélia Kolb | Le Modèle |
Claude Chabrol | Le Producteur Musique de Gainsbourg |
François Morel | Le Directeur de l'Internat |
Philippe Duquesne | Lucky Sarcelles |
Angelo Debarre | Le Guitariste Gitan |
Gregory Gadebois | Phyphy |
Alice Carel | Judith |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Marc Du Pontavice | Producer |
Didier Lupfer | Producer |
Matthew Gledhill | Producer |