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Jane by Charlotte

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In creating a documentary portrait of a parent, as actor Charlotte Gainsbourg does in her directorial debut, one could overly flatter the subject or iron out the tough creases. Gainsbourg avoids these traps in her 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, 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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Intimate in its approach yet often less than engaging, Jane by Charlotte is a documentary whose insights are most meaningful to the people onscreen.

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Carlos Aguilar Los Angeles Times 03/25/2022
Undeniably, what distinguishes “Jane by Charlotte” from any number of filmic or literary excavations that exist on Birkin hinges on the unbreakable union between its subject and its storyteller. Go to Full Review
Nick Schager The Daily Beast 03/24/2022
It leaves one wanting more, in the least satisfying way possible. Go to Full Review
Nick Allen RogerEbert.com 03/18/2022
2/4
Jane by Charlotte is meaningful in concept, but fleeting in its expression. Go to Full Review
Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) 02/13/2024
A deeply personal exploration of family and grief as Charlotte comes to terms with the mystical connection she shares with her mother. Go to Full Review
Morgan Rojas Cinemacy 04/27/2022
2.5/5
A love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere, the film encourages us to look at our loved ones with both admiration as well as compassion. After all, were just human. Even our mothers. Go to Full Review
Wade Major FilmWeek (LAist) 04/19/2022
My only wish is that Charlotte had not directed this herself... We might have gotten an even more profound look at the things all these conversations raises. Go to Full Review
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Anya S @AnyaS May 12 Loved this intimate and very personal look at Jane Birkin by her daughter, Charlotte. For all Francophile fans of 60s French culture, Serge Gainsbourg, and their odd love story. See more Heather C 01/04/2022 I saw this intimate documentary of Jane Birkin by her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg at the NYFF in October 2021. It wasn't groundbreaking but I enjoyed learning more about this iconic French family. One highlight was seeing inside Serge Gainsbourg's house in Paris which Charlotte is turning into a museum. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In creating a documentary portrait of a parent, as actor Charlotte Gainsbourg does in her directorial debut, one could overly flatter the subject or iron out the tough creases. Gainsbourg avoids these traps in her 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, 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.
Director
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Producer
Mathieu Ageron, Maxime Delauney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Romain Rousseau
Screenwriter
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Distributor
Utopia
Production Co
Nolita Cinema, Deadly Valentine, Jour2Fête
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 18, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 6, 2022
Runtime
1h 26m
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