Charlotte for Ever (film)

Charlotte for Ever
Directed by Serge Gainsbourg
Produced by Claudie Ossard
Written by Serge Gainsbourg
Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg
Roland Bertin
Roland Dubillard
Music by Serge Gainsbourg
Cinematography Willy Kurant
Edited by Babeth Si Ramdane
Distributed by AMLF (France)
Release dates
  • 10 December 1986 (1986-12-10)
Running time
94 min
Country France
Language French

Charlotte for Ever is a 1986 feature film directed by Serge Gainsbourg, starring himself, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Roland Bertin and Roland Dubillard.

Plot

Stan (Serge Gainsbourg) depressed over his wife's death turns his affection over to his daughter Charlotte (Charlotte Gainsbourg).

Controversy

In 1984, two years before Charlotte for Ever was released Gainsbourg had written and performed the song Lemon Incest with his daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg. The song was hugely controversial as it contained references to incest and pedophilia which audiences suspected was partially autobiographical.[1] The movie Charlotte for Ever explored similar themes. Due to Charlotte Gainsbourg's age and the fact that she was playing a character with the same name as her own while her real life father was playing her father in the movie, the movie was reviled and questions about whether Gainsbourg was abusing his daughter were once again raised.[2] As an adult Charlotte Gainsbourg repeatedly defended her relationship with her father, admitting that he had meant to provoke audiences but denying any impropriety or abuse towards herself.[3]

See also

References

  1. O'Hagan, Sean. "Charlotte Gainsbourg: 'I had no idea how scared I was of dying'". Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. Gorman, Francine. "Serge Gainsbourg's 20 most scandalous moments". Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic. "‘I like being manipulated’". Retrieved 21 September 2015.

External links

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