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Gainsbourg

Play trailer Poster for Gainsbourg 2011,  2h 10m,  Biography/ Drama/ Music Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 73% 82 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 10,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
73% Tomatometer 82 Reviews 68% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
The life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg.
Gainsbourg

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Critics Consensus

It might be thinly written and messily made, but Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is also appropriately glamorous and intense -- and powerfully led by a gripping performance from Erik Elmosnino.

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Ginette Vincendeau Sight & Sound Jun 18, 2012
In conjoining Jewish heritage and classic French chanson, Gainsbourg celebrates the hybridity of contemporary French culture, while its combination of realist narrative and poetic animation make it both a touching biopic and an inspired musical. Go to Full Review
Joe Williams St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 9, 2011
3/4
It's a comic-strip version of one man's life and times, but it's tres cool. Go to Full Review
Trevor Johnston Time Out Nov 16, 2011
3/5
While the movie's on a roll, it's zesty, engaging and frisky. Go to Full Review
Andrea Hubert NME (New Musical Express) May 19, 2021
4/5
Gainsbourg is often just the right side of uncomfortably intimate, but that's what makes it such a magnetic film. Go to Full Review
Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner Jan 5, 2019
2.5/4
It's as surprising and unconventional as the man himself -- but that doesn't mean it serves him well. Go to Full Review
Kaleem Aftab The List Nov 6, 2018
4/5
Great songs, beautiful girls, lovely costumes and an artist in a constant state of flux are emphasised in Joann Sfar's imaginative, beautiful and suitably bizarre musing on the life of Serge Gainsbourg. Go to Full Review
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Joann Sfar

Director

Eric Elmosnino

Serge Gainsbourg

Lucy Gordon

Jane Birkin

Laetitia Casta

Brigitte Bardot

Doug Jones

La Gueule

Anna Mouglalis

Juliette Gréco

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Gainsbourg

Gainsbourg (2010) Eric Elmosnino as Serge Gainsbourg in "Gainsbourg." View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis The life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg.
Director
Joann Sfar
Producer
Marc du Pontavice, Didier Lupfer
Screenwriter
Joann Sfar
Distributor
Music Box Films
Production Co
Xilam Animation, One World Films, Studio 37, Focus Features International, France 2 Cinéma, Lilou Films
Genre
Biography, Drama, Music
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 31, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 2, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$230.3K
Runtime
2h 10m
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