Charlotte Gainsbourg confronts Cannes showbiz lineage in intimate documentary • FRANCE 24
FRANCE24, 08 Jul 2021
Actress #CharlotteGainsbourg's first outing as a film director nearly fell at the first hurdle, she said, when her mother Jane Birkin, the driving force behind the documentary, got cold feet. Gainsbourg, whose late father Serge Gainsbourg is a singer-songwriting legend in France and beyond, has long tried to break away from the shadow of her famous parents. The 49-year-old said she first flirted with the idea of talking to Birkin on video to explore a certain reserve between them. FRANCE 24's Florence Villeminot reports from the #Cannes Film #Festival.
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