Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
– A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Pari..
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.
20 Jan 2010
French, English, Russian
Joann Sfar
Joann Sfar (graphic novel), Joann Sfar (screenplay), Declan May (dialogue)
Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta, Doug Jones
Lucien Ginsburg, a rebellious French Jewish boy with a grotesque imagination, hates playing the piano like his father, a bar professional, and manages to be admitted to Montmartre Academy as a painter, where he befriends an SS officer who helps him survive the occupation. After the war, he chooses to become a performing artist and adopts the stage name Serge Gainsbourg. His unorthodox songs bring him success, even his parents's approval, and lots of lovers, yet his marriages are all utter failures.
7 wins & 8 nominations.
$230,311
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