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In creating a documentary portrait of a parent, as internationally acclaimed Jewish actor Charlotte Gainsbourg (star of MJFF films The Jews, Ismael's Ghosts, and Promise at Dawn) does in her directorial debut, one could overly flatter the subject or iron out the tough creases. Gainsbourg avoids these traps in her wise and wondrous film about her legendary mother, the singer and actress Jane Birkin. Consisting of several intimate conversations between parent and child, as well as footage of Birkin performing onstage, the result is a spare, loving window into the emotional lives of two women as they talk about subject matter that ranges from the delightful to the difficult: aging, dying, insomnia, celebrity, and their differing memories of their shared past, which includes Charlotte’s father and Jane’s husband, legendary French Jewish singer Serge Gainsbourg. Jane by Charlotte is an unexpected, imaginatively visualized work that affords intimate access to someone whom many of us only think we know.
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The 2022 Miami Jewish Film Festival virtual program is made possible with the generous support of Benjamin Nahum and Tamar Roodner.
- Year2021
- Runtime86 minutes
- LanguageFrench
- CountryFrance
- PremiereSoutheast US Premiere
- DirectorCharlotte Gainsbourg
- ScreenwriterCharlotte Gainsbourg
- CastCharlotte Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin
- CinematographerAdrien Bertolle
- EditorTianès Montasser, Anne Person
We would appreciate your support if you would like to donate to our efforts and help cover our streaming costs. Please consider donating when "Unlocking" the film or by clicking here.
In creating a documentary portrait of a parent, as internationally acclaimed Jewish actor Charlotte Gainsbourg (star of MJFF films The Jews, Ismael's Ghosts, and Promise at Dawn) does in her directorial debut, one could overly flatter the subject or iron out the tough creases. Gainsbourg avoids these traps in her wise and wondrous film about her legendary mother, the singer and actress Jane Birkin. Consisting of several intimate conversations between parent and child, as well as footage of Birkin performing onstage, the result is a spare, loving window into the emotional lives of two women as they talk about subject matter that ranges from the delightful to the difficult: aging, dying, insomnia, celebrity, and their differing memories of their shared past, which includes Charlotte’s father and Jane’s husband, legendary French Jewish singer Serge Gainsbourg. Jane by Charlotte is an unexpected, imaginatively visualized work that affords intimate access to someone whom many of us only think we know.
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The 2022 Miami Jewish Film Festival virtual program is made possible with the generous support of Benjamin Nahum and Tamar Roodner.
- Year2021
- Runtime86 minutes
- LanguageFrench
- CountryFrance
- PremiereSoutheast US Premiere
- DirectorCharlotte Gainsbourg
- ScreenwriterCharlotte Gainsbourg
- CastCharlotte Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin
- CinematographerAdrien Bertolle
- EditorTianès Montasser, Anne Person