Charlotte for Ever (film)

Charlotte for Ever is a 1986 feature film directed by Serge Gainsbourg, starring himself, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Roland Bertin and Roland Dubillard [es; fr; gl; ht; no] .

Charlotte for Ever
Directed by	Serge Gainsbourg
Written by	Serge Gainsbourg
Produced by	Claudie Ossard
Starring	Charlotte Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg Roland Bertin Roland Dubillard [es; fr; gl; ht; no]
Cinematography	Willy Kurant
Edited by	Babeth Si Ramdane
Music by	Serge Gainsbourg
Distributed by	AMLF
Release date	10 December 1986 (1986-12-10)
Running time	94 min
Country	France
Language	French

Plot

Once a successful Hollywood screenwriter, Stan is now a depressive alcoholic who spends most of his time mooching about his house whilst pouring out his troubles to his drinking partner. The only thing that keeps him going is his love for his teenage daughter, Charlotte, but she despises him, believing him to be responsible for the accident in which her mother died. Stan's one hope is to patch things up with Charlotte.

Cast

• Charlotte Gainsbourg as Charlotte
• Serge Gainsbourg as Stan
• Roland Bertin as Leon
• Roland Dubillard [es; fr; gl; ht; no] as Herman
• Anne Zamberlan as Lola
• Anne Le Guernec as Adelaide

Production

Charlotte Gainsbourg has only bad memories of the shooting of this film. She has stated her father made her push her limits despite her young age. "He made me go too far, do things that bothered me. It was difficult. I sulked on the covers of the newspapers, I didn't want to make any effort, that was my way of preserving myself," she recalls.^[1]

Controversy

In 1984, two years before Charlotte for Ever was released Gainsbourg had written and performed the song Lemon Incest with his daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg. The song was hugely controversial as it contained references to incest and pedophilia which audiences suspected were partially autobiographical.^[2] The movie Charlotte for Ever explored similar themes. Due to Charlotte Gainsbourg's age and the fact that she was playing a character with the same name as her own while her real life father was playing her father in the movie, the movie was reviled and questions about whether Gainsbourg was abusing his daughter were once again raised.^[3] As an adult Charlotte Gainsbourg repeatedly defended her relationship with her father, admitting that he had meant to provoke audiences but denying any impropriety or abuse towards herself.^[4]