Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

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Surreal 2010 biopic about Serge Gainsbourg, the French singer/songwriter, actor, and director. It begins during his childhood in Nazi-occupied France (he was the child of Russian Jews and was eventually forced into hiding) and follows him throughout his life (though the film is scant on specific details, so those unfamiliar with the man's work may be a little lost at times).

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Tropes in Gainsbourg include:

• Hey, It's That Guy!: Doug Jones as Le Gueule.
• Modesty Bedsheet: Used by Laetitia Casta, playing Brigitte Bardot, as she dances to a song Gainsbourg plays.
• Nightmare Fuel
• What Could Have Been: The movie was originally conceived to have Charlotte Gainsbourg, Serge's daughter with Jane Birkin, play him (which wouldn't have been out of place in the fairy-tale atmosphere of it). But six months into preproduction Charlotte said it was too painful and withdrew.