Born July 21, 1971, Charlotte Lucy Ginsburg, known as Charlotte Gainsbourg, is the fruit of the love between Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. Owner of the Serge Gainsbourg museum which should soon open its doors to the public, Yvan Attal’s wife will also pay tribute to her mother through the film. Jane by Charlotte in theaters on January 12th. Interviewed by the Sunday newspapermother and daughter have revealed some secrets of their close relationship but also some crisp anecdotes, in particular on the first name of Charlotte. The mother of Alice, Ben and Joe thus confides what her mother would have called her if she had been born a boy. The least we can say is that it’s … surprising!
It referred to a magnificent tragedy
“She wanted to call me Judas!“, loose Charlotte Gainsbourg. A name which does not please Charlotte very much but which at the time caught the eye of the Briton, who would have liked to have a boy.”I thought it was beautiful, and it referred to a magnificent tragedy. Serge thought it was complicated …“, she explains to our colleagues. We understand it! Dressed”like a boy“Throughout her childhood, Charlotte also learned the reason her middle name was Lucy.”Actually, I wanted to call you Lucy, but Serge thought that didn’t sound good in French. He preferred Charlotte. He won but I imposed Lucy behindher mother, who recently suffered a stroke, told her.
If she has long been known for her natural charm and glamor, Jane Birkin has revealed to have long been a real tomboy too, when her daughter criticized her for having dressed her like a boy when she was young. “Absoutely ! Like me, little one: I wanted to be a boy and wore my brother Andrew’s clothes. I slowed down my feminine side to the point that I didn’t become a girl for 15 years“, she revealed.
The entire interview with Charlotte Gainsbourg and her mother Jane Birkin can be found in the JDD.