On January 12, 2022, the documentary will be released Jane by Charlotte, dedicated to Jane Birkin and directed by her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg. A project shot over four years, for which she had to convince her mother to let herself be filmed. The magazine Paris Match thus devotes a report to the ex-companion of Serge Gainsbourg, who suffered a stroke last August. Stroke revealed by those around him a little later, in September.
In the pages of the magazine, the relatives of Jane Birkin (75 years) deliver their feelings in front of this stroke, fortunately occurred in a light form; she’s a friend of the star who thought she was expressing herself “oddly“, who sounded the alarm.”It is obvious that this stroke is linked to the stress generated by the tour [pour promouvoir Oh ! Pardon, tu dormais…, son dernier album, NDLR], by all the energy she puts into defending Charlotte’s film (…) Jane is unreasonable when it comes to taking care of herself. She was never reasonable …“, confides a relative on condition of anonymity.
Jane Birkin had been admitted to Nantes University Hospital and then transferred to intensive care at Avicenne Hospital in Bobigny before being able to return to her home. At home, the star – who gave reassuring news in early December – then felt like a caged lion, she who multiplies projects and loves going out. Not having any rest, it also makes him forget the death of his daughter Kate Barry … She has “caught on it“but was able to count on the heartwarming presence of his clan.”Lou [Doillon, sa fille née de sa romance avec Jacques Doillon, NDLR] and Charlotte who did everything to make her life sweeter in these painful moments“, relates the magazine.
Jane Birkin is now preparing her come back for early 2022, she will be back on stage to resume her tour. “It is a woman still recovering who will sing on January 8“, adds a relative, a little worried. Never mind, the star has planned … 40 concerts.
Paris Match, edition of December 23, 2021.