Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg discusses her career, family, and personal style with Bella Freud. Gainsbourg reflects on growing up with famous parents, Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, and how she navigated establishing her own identity. She shares insights into her relationships with her parents, including her mother's self-deprecating nature and her complex dynamic with her father. Gainsbourg also delves into her acting career, particularly her work with Lars von Trier, and her approach to portraying challenging roles. The conversation touches on Gainsbourg's personal insecurities, her evolving sense of self-confidence, and her unique perspective on fashion and beauty.

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Part 1: Identity, Style, and Early Influence

Part 2: Artistic Vulnerability and Family Dynamics

Part 3: Legacy, Grief, and Personal Reflection

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Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud

Part 1: Identity, Style, and Early Influence

Charlotte Gainsbourg on Saint Laurent, Bourgeois Style, and Cinematic Glamour

Carving an Independent Identity: Early Career and Parental Influence

Shyness, Masochism, and the Search for the Ideal Jeans

Body Image, Self-Perception, and the Role of "The Impudent Girl"

Part 2: Artistic Vulnerability and Family Dynamics

Singing as a Fraud: Imposter Syndrome and Family Dynamics

Coping with Normality: Vulnerability, Fear, and Playing Lars von Trier

Singing Her Father's Part: Binding and Therapeutic Exercises

The Face and the Tie: Modesty, Self-Effacement, and Artistic Validation

Part 3: Legacy, Grief, and Personal Reflection

Embracing Mistakes: Filming a Documentary About Her Mother, Jane Birkin

Sigmund Freud, Grief, and a Comic Book Introduction

Drawing and Special Worlds

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud

Part 1: Identity, Style, and Early Influence

00:01Charlotte Gainsbourg on Saint Laurent, Bourgeois Style, and Cinematic Glamour

Charlotte Gainsbourg on Saint Laurent, Bourgeois Style, and Cinematic Glamour

04:27Carving an Independent Identity: Early Career and Parental Influence

Carving an Independent Identity: Early Career and Parental Influence

13:37Shyness, Masochism, and the Search for the Ideal Jeans

Shyness, Masochism, and the Search for the Ideal Jeans

25:22Body Image, Self-Perception, and the Role of "The Impudent Girl"

Body Image, Self-Perception, and the Role of "The Impudent Girl"

Part 2: Artistic Vulnerability and Family Dynamics

37:00Singing as a Fraud: Imposter Syndrome and Family Dynamics

Singing as a Fraud: Imposter Syndrome and Family Dynamics

45:03Coping with Normality: Vulnerability, Fear, and Playing Lars von Trier

Coping with Normality: Vulnerability, Fear, and Playing Lars von Trier

52:33Singing Her Father's Part: Binding and Therapeutic Exercises

Singing Her Father's Part: Binding and Therapeutic Exercises

1:04:30The Face and the Tie: Modesty, Self-Effacement, and Artistic Validation

The Face and the Tie: Modesty, Self-Effacement, and Artistic Validation

Part 3: Legacy, Grief, and Personal Reflection

1:14:16Embracing Mistakes: Filming a Documentary About Her Mother, Jane Birkin

Embracing Mistakes: Filming a Documentary About Her Mother, Jane Birkin

1:25:31Sigmund Freud, Grief, and a Comic Book Introduction

Sigmund Freud, Grief, and a Comic Book Introduction

1:29:47Drawing and Special Worlds

Drawing and Special Worlds