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| ollin01 * 07/02/2022 19:38 |
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg |
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![]() Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg travelling through Oxfordshire 1969: It’s over 50 years since that breathy moaning on 'Je t’aime…moi non plus (I love you…neither do I)' shocked and thrilled a generation. The record was banned by the BBC and condemned by the Vatican, but was still a huge hit, and Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg were catapulted onto the world stage. They were certainly very different; Serge was born in Paris, from a Russian-Jewish émigré family, Jane came from a comfortable middle-class English background. She was 20 years his junior, he was moody, intense, melancholy; she took a quieter role. “He was a genius writer; I was just pretty" is her take on the relationship. The two met on the set of the French film Slogan in 1969. Serge was already the darling of the French intellectual scene with a slew of songs, lyrics and music to his name. Jane had an established acting career which included her nude appearance in Antonioni’s 1966 film Blow-up. They never married, despite rumours and misreporting to the contrary. In 1971, they had a daughter, actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg. Jane left him in August 1980 due to his drinking and his obsessive character and moods. Serge died on March 2, 1991 from a second, fatal heart attack. Birkin has mainly resided in Paris since the late 1960's. Photograph: Krause & Johansen/Andrew Birkin: Author of article: Raymond Hicks (Old Reading Plus Facebook Page) Julian Smith |
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