Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

2010•2h 10m•6.9/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.9/10(353)

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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Production

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

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Éric Elmosnino

Éric Elmosnino

Serge Gainsbourg

Lucy Gordon

Lucy Gordon

Jane Birkin

Laetitia Casta

Laetitia Casta

Brigitte Bardot

Doug Jones

Doug Jones

La gueule

Anna Mouglalis

Anna Mouglalis

Juliette Greco

Mylène Jampanoï

Mylène Jampanoï

Bambou

Sara Forestier

Sara Forestier

France Gall

Kacey Mottet Klein

Kacey Mottet Klein

Lucien Ginsburg

Răzvan Vasilescu

Răzvan Vasilescu

Joseph Gainsburg (le père)

Dinara Drukarova

Dinara Drukarova

Olga Gainsburg (la mère)

Philippe Katerine

Philippe Katerine

Boris Vian

Deborah Grall

Deborah Grall

Elisabeth Levizky

Yolande Moreau

Yolande Moreau

Fréhel

Ophélia Kolb

Ophélia Kolb

Le Modèle

Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

Le Producteur Musique de Gainsbourg

François Morel

François Morel

Le Directeur de l'Internat

Philippe Duquesne

Philippe Duquesne

Lucky Sarcelles

Oliver Cywie

Oliver Cywie

Gosse Internat 1

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