Charlotte Gainsbourg

“Green for Danger it's one of the rare films my grandmother is in so Judy Campbell, beautiful woman so this was sort of a family film that we saw many times just because of her I'm not sure the film is incredible but just for the memory it's wonderful...”

“Antichrist is not it's just for Lars he's a real artist. I always feel embarrassed when you say that directors are artists with a big A because it always seems very pretentious but he really is he puts so much of himself in of his craziness in his films and I was lucky enough to do three even four if Nymphomaniac was two films. Melancholia was one of the film I'm most proud of but I chose this one.”

“This is my favorite film The Night of the Hunter I think I saw it my father showed it to me on his big screen and at the time it was quite incredible it was in 1980 to have a it was the starting point of videos and we just it was like having a movie theater at home so it was quite special and he loved Robert Mitchum and then it just never left me I just live with it the sound the songs also and him of course Mitchum okay so this is a keeper...”

“Belle de Jour is one of my favorite films this one is an inspiration for of course Gainsbourg but the whole atmosphere of the film The Beauty of the film The weirdness of it and the costumes I mean I even for a film I did that wasn't really a period film but I was very much looking into her character...”

“Being John Malkovich both for Spike Jonze and for John Malkovich who I adore and I was lucky enough to do a small thing with him a long time ago but it's just a wonderful film also I'm always looking for films that I can show my 10-year-old and this one is it really works for a 10-year-old already it's quite magically funny and so original and crazy...”

“Agnès... She was one of my Mother's best friends she my Mother adored her and rightfully so but they did a documentary called Jane B. By Agnès V. And that's of course the reference for my film called Jane by Charlotte. She was in our lives when I was an adolescent because she was doing this documentary about my Mother and I was so annoyed with her because she was living in our House... Then I discovered her films I think the first one I discovered was Cléo from 5 to 7... I'll give this to my...”