Jan 20, 2010
130 min
Full-HD

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

France United States of America

Companies

France 2 Cinéma Studio 37 One World Films Lilou Film Focus Features Canal+ Universal Pictures Kinology France Télévisions La Région Île-de-France

Éric Elmosnino

Serge Gainsbourg

Lucy Gordon

Jane Birkin

Laetitia Casta

Brigitte Bardot

Doug Jones

La gueule

Anna Mouglalis

Juliette Greco

Mylène Jampanoï

Bambou

Sara Forestier

France Gall

Kacey Mottet Klein

Lucien Ginsburg

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