First we heard about a Jeff Buckley biopic, recently a John Lennon biopic and now there’s apparently one for famous French musician, Serge Gainsbourg!

In Serge Gainsbourg: Vie Heroique (translated as A Heroic Life), director Joann Sfar depicts a pretty regular childhood-before fame-after fame and tragedies storyline, but who he picked for his cast is what’s kept us intrigued enough to share the first trailer with you. A little warning though – just a smidge of it might be NSFW!

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Originally released in 1971, Serge Gainsbourg‘s concept album – Histoire De Melody Nelson - is on a level that discreetly supersedes most other contemporary works. Those familiar with Gainsbourg’s affinity with most things sensual won’t find issue with the far-from-innocent love story featuring himself as narrator and British actress Jane Birkin as a teenaged Melody (the jean-clad knockout with the monkey doll on the album cover – taboo much?).

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