France's most self-critical film star, Charlotte Gainsbourg has grown up surrounded by controversy. As she collaborates with Lars von Trier once again, in Melancholia, she talks here about motherhood, movies and preserving her father's memory
A pregnant Charlotte Gainsbourg runs her fingers across her bump, which is encased in cashmere and discreetly wedged behind the table of a Paris hotel bar. She is trying to work out what her children might hate her for. Because to her, France's most self-critical film star, it is obvious that they will hate her for something. "You always have so much to reproach your parents for," she muses. "It's normal. I can see already what my kids will have to blame me for. I prefer to anticipate the bad side rather than get a slap in the face later."
Gainsbourg, 40, is fascinated by bad parents. "I like bad mothers," she declares. What she means...
A pregnant Charlotte Gainsbourg runs her fingers across her bump, which is encased in cashmere and discreetly wedged behind the table of a Paris hotel bar. She is trying to work out what her children might hate her for. Because to her, France's most self-critical film star, it is obvious that they will hate her for something. "You always have so much to reproach your parents for," she muses. "It's normal. I can see already what my kids will have to blame me for. I prefer to anticipate the bad side rather than get a slap in the face later."
Gainsbourg, 40, is fascinated by bad parents. "I like bad mothers," she declares. What she means...
- 9/29/2011
- by Angelique Chrisafis
- The Guardian - Film News
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