GAINSBOURG
aka GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE aka VIE HeROÏQUE

Year: 2010
USA: Music Box Films
UK: Optimum Releasing
Cast: Eric Elmosnino, Anna Mouglalis, Laetitia Casta, Lucy Gordon, Mylene Jampanoi, Kacey Mottet Klein, Razvan Vasilescu, Dinara Droukarova, Philippe Katerine, Doug Jones, Deborah Grall, Yolande Moreau
Director: Joann Sfar
Country: France / USA
Language: French (English subtitles)
USA: 130 mins
UK: 122 mins
USA Rated: Not Yet Rated
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong sex references and sexualised nudity
USA Release Date: 2 September 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 30 July 2010

Synopsis

From visionary graphic artist and director Joann Sfar comes a completely original take on one of the world's greatest mavericks, the illustrious and infamous Serge Gainsbourg.

The film is an enchanting glimpse at the life of a musical icon, his early years growing up as a Jewish boy in 1940's Nazi-occupied Paris, his wildly successful song-writing years and of course his now legendary romances with some of the era's most famous women, Brigitte Bardot, Juliette Greco and Jane Birkin.