Gainsbourg (2010)

Directors

Joann Sfar

Cast

Alice Carel, Angelo Debarre, Anna Mouglalis, Chilly Gonzales, Claude Chabrol, Deborah Grall, Dinara Drukarova, Doug Jones, François Morel, Grégory Gadebois, Joann Sfar, Kacey Mottet-Klein, Laetitia Casta, Le Quatuor, Mylène Jampanoï, Ophélia Kolb, Philippe Duquesne, Philippe Katerine, Roger Mollien, Rosette, Sara Forestier, Yolande Moreau, Éric Elmosnino

The story

The film follows notorious musician Serge Gainsbourg's exploits from his upbringing in Nazi occupied France through his rise to fame and love affairs with Juliette Gréco, Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin to his later experimentation with reggae in Jamaica. It also incorporates multiple elements of fantasy, most significantly with the character called "The Mug", an animated exaggeration of Gainsbourg that acts as his conscience (or anti-conscience) at crucial moments in Gainsbourg's life. The film also includes many of Gainsbourg's more famous songs, which serve as the soundtrack to the film and often serve as plot elements themselves.

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