On the occasion of Brigitte Bardot’s 90th birthday (this Saturday September 28), Paris Match gave the floor, in its last issue, to one of those close to the famous actress: the producer Jean-Louis Remilleux. In this long article recounting their friendship, the latter also reveals behind the scenes of the reunion between Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg, after years without seeing each other.
The reunion between Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg
The relationship between Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg was not only artistic. When they met in 1967 to record Harley-Davidsona song that would become a hit, the movie star succumbed to the atypical charm of the man who was one of the essential artists in the world of music in France. Although married to the photographer Gunter Sachs for a year, Brigitte Bardot lives a beautiful three-month romance with the man who writes several titles for her (Comic Strip, The Sun, Bonnie and Clyde). Recorded at the time, the song I love you…me neither does not finally come out, because “banned by Gunter Sachs” according to Jean-Louis Rémilleux. Years later, Serge Gainsbourg reconnects with his former partner for him.request permission to re-release the original version” of this title. “Here we are on rue de Verneuil in Paris, where Gainsbourg is waiting for us on the threshold of her doll’s house. He invites us to dinner in his usual canteen, Le Galant Verre, near his home.we read in Paris Match.
The big cropping from Brigitte Bardot to Serge Gainsbourg
“Brigitte has an admiring and moved look”writes his friend, specifying that Gainsbourg is “very intimidated.” But the atmosphere of this reunion changes when the singer and composer “empty in front of them a new bottle of old alcohol”. It’s impossible for Brigitte Bardot not to intervene and say what’s on her heart to the one she loved. “Listen to me Serge, stop drinking! You’re destroying yourself, it’s unbearable. You’re the best of your generation, why lose yourself in drinking like that? It’s a monstrous waste!”she then says to him in the middle of the restaurant. “Gainsbourg pouts on bad days“, specifies Jean-Louis Rémilleux, saying that he promises to control himself and try to stop drinking. “To make up for it, he invites us to a private concert at his home. At the piano, tenderly, he sings his last songs to Brigitte. he concludes by describing this mini-concert as “moment of grace”.
