Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
Jan 20, 2010 | IMDB 6.9
130 min Watch NowDrama
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.
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