Together, the couple went through many trials… On March 2, 1991, Charlotte Gainsbourg lost her father, Serge Gainsbourg, following a heart attack at the age of 62. Upset, the young actress was then able to count on the support of Yvan Attal, who subsequently became her companion. “His death was truly a shock from which I had a hard time recovering. […] It was Yvan Attal who picked me up.”she confided in Boomerangon France InterTuesday March 2, 2021. More than 30 years after the disappearance of the interpreter of Javanese, Charlotte Gainsbourg faced, Sunday July 16, 2023, the death of her mother Jane Birkin, at the age of 76. A very trying loss for the 52-year-old actress, but also for her director companion. “When we face a disappearance, we stick together”, said Yvan Attal at the microphone of RTL Monday September 11, 2023. Particularly moved, the father of Ben (26 years old), Alice (21 years old) and Jo (12 years old) declared: “It’s very painful, but obviously she was a little sick so that was to be expected.”
Yvan Attal: “It had also become like a sister”
If Jane Birkin was diminished, her son-in-law Yvan Attal was nevertheless surprised by her disappearance. “We don’t expect it, actually. It’s as if we didn’t expect it. You can imagine, the pain for everyone…”he indicated on RTL, before explaining: “I have been with Charlotte for 30 years and I have always been lucky to have this sublime mother-in-law in front of me. Who was quite generous. But she had also become like a sister, me who was an only child.” In the shadows, the British-French star provided many services to Yvan Attal. For example, she would visit his mother when he was busy with work. “She spent a lot of time with my mother. And sometimes, she would cheer me up when she felt I wasn’t doing enough. She was like a sister playing this role.”, he remembered with a smile, before slipping: “Now that she is no longer here, I have lost my mother-in-law, a sister and then, my mother has also lost a presence that was very, very dear to her.”
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