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GAINSBOURG (VIE HÉROIQUE) (JOANN SFAR'S GAINSBOURG)
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Completed - FRENCH - Drama, Historical, Musical - 130 minutes

Log Line

The story of a poet that became the most acclaimed and controversed icon of the french pop culture.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2009 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2010 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2011 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2009

Director(s) : Joann SFAR
Writer(s) : Joann SFAR
Cast : Eric ELMOSNINO, Lucy GORDON, Laetitia CASTA, Doug JONES, Anna MOUGLALIS, Sara FORESTIER, Mylène JAMPANOI, Yolande MOREAU, Philippe KATERINE

Producer(s) : Marc DU PONTAVICE (ONE WORLD FILMS), Didier LUPFER (ONE WORLD FILMS)

Synopsis

This is the strange but funny tale of a man who kept needling France in her side. A story of a young jewish boy causing mischief in a Paris occupied by the Germans, of a timid painter who leaves his canvases and a room under the rooftops to earn a name in drag cabarets. It's a "hero's life" with a swinging sixties backdrop, in which the shadows of the hero's mind become creatures on the screen ans his wild wordplay is married with scandalous love affairs. From that union is born a subversive work starring a rebelliously faithful Frenchman whose songs and acts became (in)famous across the world. It's the story of Serge Gainsbourg.

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

Financing plan : UNIVERSAL - STUDIO 37 - CANAL+ - FRANCE 2 CINEMA - REGION ILE DE FRANCE
International sales : KINOLOGY

Start of shooting : January 2009

AUSTRALIA ENTERTAINMENT O
AUSTRIA FILMLADEN GMBH
BELGIUM CINÉART BELGIUM
CZECH REPU Apr 22, 2010 HOLLYWOOD CLASS
ESTONIA TALLINNFILM
ESTONIA EESTI RAHVUSRIN
FRANCE Jan 20, 2010 UNIVERSAL PICTU
GERMANY Oct 14, 2010 PROKINO FILMVER
NETHERLAND Mar 18, 2010 CINÉART NETHERL
POLAND May 21, 2010 MONOLITH FILMS
PORTUGAL NOS LUSOMUNDO A
SPAIN Jul 09, 2010 AVALON DISTRIBU
TAIWAN CINEPLEX DEVELO
UKRAINE ARTHOUSE TRAFFI
UNITED KIN Jul 30, 2010 STUDIOCANAL (UK
UNITED KIN UNIVERSAL PICTU
USA FILM FORUM
USA MUSIC BOX FILMS

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