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GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE

Director:

  Joann Sfar
  

Year Released:

  2010

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

5 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Eric Elmosnino
  Lucy Gordon
  Doug Jones
  Kacey Mottet Klein
  Razvan Vasilescu
Movie Haiku:French-born graphic artist with with Ashkenazi mother & Sephardic father creates a joyous BioPic of a great 60s counterculture figure that plays like a Gaelic version of ANNIE HALL. But caught in the web of the Holocaust, Lucien Ginsberg aka Serge Gainsbourg ultimately imploded, while Woody just got old & awful. Musical extravaganza with Chagall''s wit & wonder.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  Yes

Haiku Posted:

  2011