You should not hope to be able to reserve a slot to visit Serge Gainsbourg’s House, at 5 bis Rue de Verneuil, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris: everything is booked until December 2023. It is Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of the singer who recently lost his mother Jane Birkin, who made the decision to open her father’s house to the public, but also a museum, located just opposite. In the hope that fans understand her and the story of her former owner, without breaking her privacy. But while the actress took time to decide, several reasons pushed her to take the plunge. In any case, this is what she confided in the columns of Release, Monday September 18, 2023.
Charlotte Gainsbourg didn’t know what to do with her father, Serge Gainsbourg’s house
When we ask Charlotte Gainsbourg if she has decided to open the house to get rid of it, she responds in the affirmative. “It’s very complicated for me. I’m very afraid of being disappropriated“, she confided. “When I moved to New York after the death of my sister Kate (Barry, editor’s note), I thought, either I sell it, or I make a museum, or I show it by appointment, but I stop this mourning. Because it was about mourning. Unfinished mourning“, added the actress. In the rest of the interview, Charlotte Gainsbourg spoke about her report at home. It turns out that she has difficulty opening the drawers: “I was grateful, respectful, but so respectful that I didn’t dare be too curious. I was a bit of an intruder, who didn’t allow myself to open anything, and especially not to search.“.
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Charlotte Gainsbourg: “We had to act“
What pushed Charlotte Gainsbourg to open the House Gainsbourg, it is the fact that people were already entering there, without authorization. “We had to act because in my absence, people sent me photos which prove that it was visited, that evenings were organized there without my knowledge. Lots of items have disappeared“, she explained to Release. Also, the actress was driven by a desire to turn the page, in a way. “I opened the house in hopes of letting go. In fact, I don’t give up, but I support the projects. And maybe now I’ll be able to truly be my father’s daughter“, concluded Charlotte Gainsbourg.
