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Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

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(No longer in theaters)
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  • Director: Joann Sfar   Cast: Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta, Doug Jones, Anna Mouglalis
  • Running Time: 130 minutes
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Genre

Drama, Musical

Producer

Marc Du Pontavice, Didier Lupfer

Distributor

Music Box Films

Release Date

Aug 31, 2011

Release Notes

Limited

Official Website

Review

This enchanting film about legendary French singer Serge Gainsbourg is anything but your standard biopic. Instead, it is shot through with symbolic, stylized flights of fancy that mix animation, puppetry, and live action, depicting an eventful life as a dark fairy tale.