Serge Gainsbourg @ Cinefamily

FREE SNEAK PREVIEW:
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
(plus live set by Paris Loves L.A.!)
Friday, August 26th | 8:00pm

NOTE: This show is free (first-come, first-serve). To help us track attendance and limit waiting line size, you must pre-register for "first-come, first-serve" admission. One registration per person. All current Cinefamily members get first entry. Your registration does not guarantee you a seat. Early arrival is highly recommended. Doors will open 30 min. before showtime. No one will be admitted after the film has begun.

Co-presented by Cinespia & Light In The Attic Records

Serge Gainsbourg's documented antics are so colorful that a movie of his life would have to double down on the "ooh la la" to convey it properly. Thankfully, renowned comic book artist Joann Sfar's film, based on his own bestselling graphic novel, does just that. Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is a pastiche of the women, musical genres and historical periods in the life of Serge (Eric Elmosnino, in a César Award-winning performance) as he tries to stay relevant in the fickle world of European pop music. Sfar deftly weaves the specter of Serge's alter ego “Gainsbarre” into the colorful, Gitanes-fueled cavalcade of French music personalities waltzing in and out of the frame -- everyone from the giant music hall singer Fréhel to the explicit, Britney Spears-esque Bambou, with everyone from Boris Vian to Juliette Greco, Brigitte Bardot, France Gall and Birkin in-between. A quintessential time capsule of 1960’s Paris, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is a sensual delight. DJ Andy Votel (Finders Keepers Records) will be here to spin tunes before and after the film -- plus, the party features a live set by Paris Loves L.A.!


WATCH THE TRAILER FOR "GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE"!

Tickets - free admission (first-come, first-serve w/ pre-registration)

SPECIAL 5-DAY ENGAGEMENT:
Gainsbourg And His Girls
(director Pascal Forneri in person, Saturday, August 27th!)
August 27th & August 30th-September 2nd

Co-presented by Cinespia

The Captain had Tennille, Buckingham had Nicks -- and Gainsbourg had Birkin, Bardot, Deneuve, Karina, Hardy, Gall, Greco, Adjani, Faithfull, Paradis, Barbara, Bambou, Dalida, etc. The CD collection of people who have sung the songs of Serge over the years could comprise a whopping 4-disc set of 98 tracks, with easily over 90% of them by women. Gainsbourg's been called a scoundrel, pervert and misogynist, yet female singers in France felt it a seminal moment in their career to sing a song penned by the rogue. For the breezy, hip-shaking feature documentary Gainsbourg And His Girls, writers Didier Varrod and Pascal Forner raided the archives of INA (Institute Nationale Audio-Visuel), where pretty much all of nationally-owned French TV from the early ‘60s and onwards is held. And boy, was nationally-owned French TV ever cool! Comprised entirely of luxurious file footage, the interviews of Serge throughout his career in display are substantive, and at times conducted by other artists like Françoise Hardy or Jane Birkin. This is an essential deep look at the artist who most Americans only know of through his sly, seductive provocateur mask. Director Pascal Forneri will be here at the Cinefamily for a Q&A after the film on opening night: Saturday, August 27th! Join us for the L.A. premiere of this fantastic new documentary!
Dir. Pascal Forneri, 2010, digital presentation, 105 min.


WATCH SERGE GAINSBOURG & BRIGITTE BARDOT PERFORM "COMIC STRIP"!

Tickets - $10/free for members