Thursday 2 September 2010

Serge Gainsbourg

I am a total sucker for anything the late French actor/author/songwriter/singer/ all-round genius Serge Gainsbourg concocted in his lifetime. Until recently I had to limit my passionate fanship to his music and books. But now, eleven years after his death, a film depicts this champion of affluent bourgoisie as accurately as possible, short of digging him up.

I have seen trailers of the film in French, but it is the kind of film you don't want to miss a single word. So I will opt for the English version soon. There's quite a bit in this vie héroïque that reminds me of my own restless past.

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