Gainsbourg, the ultimate rebel artist
April 27, 2010
The life and death of a Serge Gainsbourg, our French cultural hero have been recreated in a new biopic “Serge Gainsbourg – a heroic life”. As I’m french myself, I did knew most of Gainsbourg’s story but do you know him? If not, please listen to “la javanaise” or “je t’aime moi non plus” and get to know the very special poet who is even more appreciated today than he was the day he died. Nearly 20 years after his death, the hold Gainsbourg continues to command over France’s cultural imagination is quite extraordinary perhaps it was because people could see he was fragile, that he wanted to be loved.
The movie directed by Joann Sfar, well-known for The Rabbi’s Cat series of comic books, is a very big deal here. We will always consider Serge Gainsbourg as a lengendary poet.
