| 2011 – 122′ –  Biopic / Music  –
Written and Directed by Joann Sfar, based on the life of Serge Gainsbourg.
Starring  Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta, Doug Jones, Anna Mouglalis, Sara Forestier, Philippe Katerine, Yolande Moreau.

Official Selection COLCOA French Film Festival.
8 César Awards nominations. Winner Césars for Best Actor (Eric Elmosnino), Best First Film and Best Sound.
In French with English subtitles.
A Music Box Films release.|

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Taking the best from LA VIE EN ROSE and AMELIE, renowned comic book artist Joann Sfar’s GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE is a completely original take on one of France’s greatest mavericks, the illustrious and infamous poet, singer-songwriter and musician Serge Gainsbourg (Eric Elmosnino). Born Lucien Ginsburg to Russian- Jewish parents, Sfar follows him from his precocious childhood in Nazi-Occupied Paris, to his beginnings as small time jazz musician and, finally, pop superstar. Along the way he romances many of the era’s most beautiful female singers, including Juliette Greco (Anna Mouglalis), Brigitte Bardot (Laetitia Casta) and Jane Birkin (Lucy Gordon). Employing a witty, surrealistic style and soundtrack that includes many of the musician’s greatest hits, GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE is a quintessential time capsule from 1960s Paris.

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| 1995 – 111′ –  Classic / Drama / Music / Biography –
A Franco-Belgian co-production.
Co-written and Directed by Gérard Corbiau.
Starring Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Caroline Cellier, Jeroen Krabbé.
Academy Awards Nomination Best Foreign Language Film 1996.
Winner Golden Globes Best Foreign Film 1996.
In French and Italian with English subtitles.
A Film Movement Classics release.|

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In the 18th century during Handel’s time, no man was more famous or more celebrated than the castrato, Farinelli. The incredible, true story of the world famous opera singer – who was castrated during childhood in order to preserve his voice – comes to life in this Oscar-nominated drama of high notes and even higher passions.

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