Serge Gainsbourg Frances Secret Vice

Record ID: 122810
  • Title: Serge Gainsbourg Frances Secret Vice
  • Date: 3rd March 1992
  • Summary: SERGE GAINSBOURG IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN IN THIS COUNTRY FOR HIS HEAVY- BREATHING HIT, 'JE T'AIME'. BUT IN FRANCE HE WAS A SUPERSTAR AND CONSIDERED THEIR GREATEST CONTEMPORARY SONG-WRITER AND POET. WHEN HE DIED JUST A YEAR AGO IN MARCH, THE COUNTRY MOURNED THIS ARTIST WHOSE WORK REMAINED FRESH AND KEPT IN THE SPOTLIGHT THROUGHOUT HIS 40-YEAR CAREER UP UNTIL HIS DEATH. THE DOCUMENTARY INCLUDES RARE ARCHIVE FOOTAGE INCLUDING HIS EARLY RECORDINGS WITH HIS ONE-TIME LOVER BRIGITTE BARDOT AND CATHERINE DENEUVE, AS WELL AS HIS CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO FOR 'LEMON INCEST' (WHICH HE SANG WITH HIS DAUGHTER) AND HIS MORE RECENT WORK WITH FRENCH STARLET, VANESSA PARADIA. THERE ARE ALSO INTERVIEWS WITH JANE BIRKIN - GAINSBOURG'S WIFE AND SINGER OF 'JE'T'AIME', JACK LANG - THE FRENCH MINISTER OF CULTURE AND ANTOINE DE CAUNES - HOST OF MUSIC SHOW, RAPIDO.
  • Description:PROFILE OF THE GREAT FRENCH SEX SYMBOL WITH RISQUE MOMENTS (FOR WITHOUT WALLS)
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Planet Rapido Ltd.
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:03/03/1992
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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