This Tuesday, November 26, Nathalie Lévy received Benjamin Lavernhe in As an aside on Canal+. The actor spoke about his current affairs before returning to a show he performed in tribute to Serge Gainsbourg and during which he met Jane Birkin and their daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Benjamin Lavernhe has been seen in several films, in addition to having done theater. In 2017, he starred in The meaning of the celebration before being on displayAntoinette in the Cévennes in 2020. This Wednesday, November 27, his fans will find him in the film A fanfare by Emmanuel Courcol in which he plays alongside Pierre Lottin the role of Thibaut, an orchestra conductor whose life is about to change. Guest in En aside on Canal+, he said more about this project. “What I like about this film is that the meeting of his two brothers who come from totally opposite backgrounds and who music brings together, because they have a common passion for jazz, is that one will bring a lot to others, but above all, Thibaut will try to tell Jimmy that he has the right to dream and to have ambition, but not ambition in the bad sense of the word, just to try to go to the maximum of one's abilities, to be even better on the trombone and perhaps also to be leader of this marching band. There is no fatality, that's what I like about this film“, he explained.
Benjamin Lavernhe remembers his meeting with Jane Birkin and Charlotte Gainsbourg
Benjamin Lavernhe has no shortage of projects. Indeed, besides that, he is preparing to return to the stage with the show The Serges that he will play at the Comédie-Française in Paris then on tour in 2025 with a date in Poitiers, his hometown. During the interview, Nathalie Lévy talked about this poster that he has at home and that Jane Birkin signed for him. “It was overwhelming“, he remembered. And continued: “Jane Birkin and Charlotte Gainsbourg came to see Les Serge and I can tell you that we had stage fright and a very unique, very particular emotion. We also felt very privileged that these two women, who know this man better than anyone else, came to see us and were also moved.“.
“We were very touched“: Benjamin Lavernhe remembers what Charlotte Gainsbourg said to him after attending the show
Benjamin Lavernhe then remembered a moment that had a profound impact on him. “I know that Jane came to see the show as a bit of a scout and said to Charlotte: 'You can go, go ahead'. And she said the best compliment she gave us was: 'I'm mad at you, you've made me miss it again'. That's wonderful, we were very touched“, he confided.
As an aside, to be found in full on the application myCANAL.
