Film Weekly: a Gainsbourg special

Joann Sfar, best known in France and to fans worldwide as a comic book artist, was the surprise choice to land the job of directing a biopic about one of France's most controversial and cherished modern icons: Serge Gainsbourg. Jason Solomons discusses the challenge of presenting Gainsbourg's life on screen for the first time, and how he used his visual imagination to explore the young Gainsbourg's rise to fame as a chanteur alongside his notoriety as a raconteur, womaniser and hell-raiser. Plus, we have three soundtracks to give away on our Facebook page, Film Weekly Fans . The album was recorded for the film and as yet is not on release in the UK.