Dead at 76, Jane Birkin was found lifeless at her Parisian home. About thirty years ago, the former muse of Serge Gainsbourg had acquired a huge residence in Brittany in Lannilis, in northern Finistère. A cocoon in which she liked to bask that even had magical properties. A real cozy nest, the actress quietly recharged her batteries away from prying eyes and the din of Paris.
The choice of place was also symbolic for Jane, who had settled in a place called Prat-ar-Coum in order to be closer to a place dear to the heart of her late father David, the rocks of the region having been a very important place for this one. A Navy officer, Jane Birkin’s father was regularly near the rocky coasts of the region in order to exfiltrate British and American airmen collected by the families of Breton resistance fighters. “The house she had bought was close to one of the three sites where her father’s ashes were scattered and her stops there were regular.“, noted France 3.
She was not afraid of anything!
“Here I have all my memories, and memories are a wonderful thing and a heavy thing at the same time“, she confided during the musical program of France 3 Brittany, Abers Road in April 2021. There, she also bonded with the Tanguy and Madec families. A place “honest and magical” for Charlotte Gainsbourg’s mother. When she moved there in the 1990s, “something inside her was broken. She clung to this place“, testifies a friend to the JDD.
“The dining room occupied the ground floor, there were never less than 20 at the table. The veranda overlooks the river. Upstairs, the children were gathered in the dormitory…The source says. Well-liked in the village, she had acquired a reputation as a daredevil.She was not afraid of anything! She idealized these landscapes he had visited. She is crazy on the sets. But with her, the emotion is inside…” says a friend. She also shot the film there boxesin 2006. “This is the only time Prat-ar-Coum has been in the spotlight. The weather was so nice that we had to hide the windows“, laughs Loïc Madec, brother of Yvon and painter, his neighbor.
His discretion and kindness
“Jane Birkin is a Lannilisienne like the others“, summarizes the mayor, Jean-François Tréguer. “We don’t always recognize it. And if so, we don’t bother her. She likes to be quiet, so do we“, reveals a resident. “Dressed like the ace of spades“, “his discretion and kindness“have made her a most precious neighbor.
ON BFMTV, we also learned that she was actively looking for another house in the region because her house was too big and her family was afraid that she would fall. A project that unfortunately did not have time to materialize.
Unforgettable moments in his house in Prat-Ar-Coum
“I will miss our lunches, our discussions, your sensitivity. Deep sadness on learning of the disappearance of Jane Birkin, a gentle woman with whom I shared unforgettable moments in her house in Prat-Ar-Coum in Brittany because Jane deeply loved being with us. His talent, his charm and his generosity will forever leave an imprint in our hearts. Rest in peace, my Jane“, tweeted Gaël Hamayon, sharing a snapshot of this house with mysterious powers…
