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Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)
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Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)

Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)

2010
Drama, Music
2h 15m
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. (imdb)

Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)

2010
Drama, Music
2h 15m
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Rated 24 May 2010
70
69th
His life story is for many too known, in the sense that he lived most of his adult life in public - so it felt refreshing to see a biopic that didn't really have a narrative flow and only consisted of a few glimps of what his life perhaps was like. Being what he was, Half baudelaire - half Aznavour, it feels and reads like a poetic Musical, wich really is soothing for this particular music-biopic. And the way they visualized Gainsbarre is genius.
Rated 06 Aug 2010
81
57th
I was kind of put off at first by the fact it doesn't work like a traditional biopic - it's not a life story so much as a few glimpses, and there's not really that much about the composition of the music - Melody Nelson gets, like, nothing, and they talk about the controversy Je t'aime will cause but then never mention it again. Still, the performances were excellent, the new arrangements were nice, and I really enjoyed the stylistic bits. Definitely worthy of Gainsbourg.
Rated 10 Oct 2010
74
82nd
Never really gets to the inside, but for the first hour avoids biopic fatigue through magic realism. With fame the sun sets.
Rated 22 Apr 2010
30
10th
Feels drawn out, not only because of its unneccesary long running time but also because there's nothing really there in terms of narrative. For hardcore fans only, and I'm not even sure they'll like this snooze-fest.
Rated 29 Jan 2014
62
35th
Cinebio razoavelmente interessante, embora se perca na meia hora final.
Rated 06 Feb 2012
70
67th
I quite liked it. I'm not sure it would be super-helpful if you wanted to know all there is to know about Gainsbourg's life, but I think it works as an interesting and entertaining film. I really liked the music in it too.
Rated 13 Nov 2011
90
93rd
A sex driven biopic of a master of French Pop music and more. The film may leave out less attractive moments in his life (his violent alcoholism is seem but almost justified by his work), but what remains is a highly creative and interesting portrait of an artist, unlike anything you will have seen recently.
Rated 20 Oct 2011
25
61st
"The film is at its best when its mythologizing is carnal and infused with cabaret, and not making the inflated claim of its title." - Bill Weber
Rated 09 Sep 2011
5
0th
Sfar rescues Gainsbourg from hipsters' self-satisfied claims.
Rated 22 May 2011
28
17th
Better-than average biopic; the magical realism and the cooperation & conflict between Gainsbourg & his alter ego were interesting -- not just a hackish signifier of a "tortured artist" (see: Oliver Stone, "The Doors"). Still feels a touch too constrained by narrative, and like most biopics I don't have any burning urge to see it again.
Rated 05 Mar 2011
75
59th
The ranking is only for the movie though, his music gets a solid A, especially the album Histoire de Melody Nelson. Go listen to it if you haven't done so.
Rated 08 Aug 2010
37
31st
The fact that some sequences are so abrupt and anecdotal brings a certain freshness, but it also means a few of them just fall flat.

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