Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg at Cannes

by Kimberly Lindbergs | May 24, 2007

Categories | French Cinema, Actresses, Cannes 60th Anniversary, Serge Gainsbourg, yé-yé

While I was looking for old pictures from past Cannes Festivals I came across lots of great shots of the lovely British actress and singer Jane Birkin with her longtime partner, French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg (who also acted and directed on occasion). I couldn’t resist sharing a few of the photos here.


Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg at Cannes, 1974


Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg at Cannes, 1969


Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg stroll the beach at Cannes, 1974

Jane Birkin is still recording music and making movies. She has also started directing and this week her first full-length feature film made it’s debut at the Cannes 60th Festival. Her film is called Boxes (2007) and it’s being shown out of competition. Besides directing the film, Birkin also stars in it along with veteran British actor John Hurt, the American actress Geraldine Chaplin and France’s wonderful Annie Girardot. Boxes has received mixed reviews, but it’s wonderful to see that Jane Birkin is still active and creative at age 60. She’s also still incredibly lovely!

For more information about Jane and her new movie Boxes visit her official website:

- Jane Birkin Online

8 Comments »

  1. Jeremy says; May 25, 2007 @ 4:53 am

    These are really fantastic…thanks for posting. I love these two so much. Mixed reviews or not, I can’t wait to see “Boxes”.
    Thanks again for these great photos…

  2. Keith says; May 25, 2007 @ 8:04 am

    Thanks for posting that. Awesome photos of Jane. She’s so beautiful. I think she’s a good actress and has a beautiful voice.

  3. cinebeats says; May 26, 2007 @ 4:06 pm

    Thanks for the feedback Jeremy & Keith! I’m glad you both enjoyed the photos. I’m looking forward to seeing Boxes whenever it opens in the US.

  4. Joe D\'Augustine says; June 6, 2007 @ 9:39 am

    Great photos of these two. I recently watched their lovely daughter Charlotte in a wonderful film, The Science Of Sleep. She is a very talented actress.

  5. Sophie says; March 16, 2008 @ 11:00 pm

    I wish I could time-travel!!

  6. zümrete says; April 4, 2008 @ 9:02 am

    slm je taıme şarkısını her dinlememde aşka ve aşkı bana sunana bir kez daha aşık oluyorum.Her ne kadar parçanın içeriği teşir etse bile bir şarkı bu kadar mı güzel olur.Aykırı yanlarına rağmen ben çok seviyorum.Bu arada bu şarkıyı bizlere kazandıran serge gainsbourg rahmetle anıyorum.jane birkinede başarılarının devamını diliyorum

  7. nino says; July 2, 2008 @ 1:11 pm

    JANE IS A UNFORGETTABLE WOMAN.YOUR WAY AND YOUR BODY,HAVE A UNIQUE FEELING.PURE FIRE…NO AGE FOR A WOMAN LIKE HER.

  8. mary says; March 23, 2010 @ 4:18 pm

    Monsieur Gainsbourg was a song writer, film director, a cultural icon, he was all those things to the french, so beloved that his funeral in 1991 brought Paris to a standstill and moved then president Mitterand to describe Gainsbourg as” elevating the song, to the level of art”


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