‘It’s a Declaration of Love,’ Says Charlotte Gainsbourg About Her Film Dedicated to Mom Jane Birkin
variety.comMarta Balaga Despite forging her own way as a successful actor and singer, acclaimed for her collaborations with Lars von Trier, Charlotte Gainsbourg has been compared to her father Serge and mom Jane Birkin all her life, she says.
In directorial debut “Jane by Charlotte,” she comes back to the subject on her own terms. Shown at the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival this week following its Cannes premiere, the film is sold internationally by The Party Film Sales. “I lived in New York for a bit and it was a real breather, to be in a place where I didn’t have to talk about them.
Then I started this documentary and realized I wanted to be close to my mother,” she says. “Now that I’ve come back to France, I am also trying to turn my father’s house into a museum.
I’ve always said I wanted to avoid talking about my parents and in the end, that’s what I am doing!” London-born Birkin began her career as an actress, appearing in Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Blow-Up.” After the infamous duet “Je t’aime… moi non plus,” she has continued to perform, releasing “Birkin/Gainsbourg: Le Symphonique” in 2017.
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