On September 20, Maison Gainsbourg opens its doors in Paris. For the occasion, his daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg, went to the 8:30 p.m. set on Sunday, September 17, to talk about this project which is particularly close to her heart. It is also during this interview that she reveals that there is a particular object belonging to her father that she has never touched.
For several years, the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin has been working on a project that is close to her heart, the opening of Maison Gainsbourg. This Wednesday, September 20, this will be done since the legendary place in which the iconic singer built his life officially opens its doors to the general public. It’s on the set of 8:30 p.m. Sunday This September 17 in front of Laurent Delahousse, Charlotte Gainsbourg took the floor to present her childhood dream, to make her father’s house accessible to anyone who wishes to learn more about “this place full of history“.
“I’ve been trying for thirty-two years, I’ve kept everything intact and I have this fixed idea» she says to the presenter. Even though for years Jane Birkin, who had just lost her mother, had a hard time coping with her father’s death, transforming her house into a museum is a real therapy. A visit that promises great surprises, as Charlotte Gainsbourg recalls: “He experienced a lot of things there, he created there. There was a family life in it, there were several women…. »
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Since the death of his father, for years nothing has changed in the house, “everything stayed in place» she reveals. As footage of the house is shown during the show, she adds: “Towards the end, he was really a collector, very meticulous, very perfectionist. He placed his objects. He said it could be a museum in his house, so it was a bit obvious“. While the singer’s piano is shown on the screen, Laurent Delahousse asks him: “We see these objects, there is this piano, which is in the middle of this room downstairs. Did it take you a while before refinishing this piano?»
It was then that Yvan Attal’s companion confided: “I’ve never touched it! Because that was really his subject of work. I took up the piano at 9 years old, when my parents separated, he was very proud that I was at the piano, that I was learning, but I had the right to play on the upright piano“. If for years the disappearance of her father was very painful, she admits that today it is much better: “thirty-two years have passed and it is no longer difficult for me at all.»
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