Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010) on Netflix
NR20102h 15mBiographyDramaMusic
In Nazi-occupied Paris, Lucien Ginsburg, a rebellious Jewish boy, hates playing the piano and is admitted to the Montmartre Academy to paint. After the war he performs as Serge Gainsbourg.
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A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
Lucien Ginsburg, a rebellious French Jewish boy with a grotesque imagination, hates playing the piano like his father, a bar professional, and manages to be admitted to Montmartre Academy as a painter, where he befriends an SS officer who helps him survive the occupation. After the war, he chooses to become a performing artist and adopts the stage name Serge Gainsbourg. His unorthodox songs bring him success, even his parents's approval, and lots of lovers, yet his marriages are all utter failures.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
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- Lucy Gordon committed suicide while Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life was in post-production, and the finished film is dedicated to her.
