FLICS: Gainsbourg
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FLICS: Gainsbourg
March 16, 2012
7:30 PM (Doors Open 7:00 PM)
Tickets
Admission is $5.00 per ticket at the door.
Film
Lovers International Cinema Society present "Gainsbourg." Dir: Joann Sfar, 2010, France, 122 Minutes, R
For the French, self-destructive singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg was a combination of Frank Sinatra, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison, all rolled into one larger-than-life persona. Gainsbourg cut a swath through French popular culture. Sfar visualizes Gainsbourg's journey with a series of striking set pieces and motifs, not least of which is the recurring monstrous puppet – representing Gainsbourg's self-doubting dark side – who pops up regularly. Lucy Gordon captures the initial innocence and long-suffering patience of his grand amour Jane Birkin, while the stunning Laetitia Casta embodies Brigitte Bardot, another of Gainsbourg's many loves. In French with English subtitles.
