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Charlotte Gainsbourg

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Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and the legendary French singer-songwriter and provocateur Serge Gainsbourg. Charlotte Gainsbourg has been defining her own path, though, as an actress and singer. She starred in last year’s controversial film “Antichrist.” And this year… she’s come out with a new album. It’s produced — and largely written — by the American hipster-folkie, Beck. The album is called “IRM”… French for “MRI.” As The World’s Adeline Sire explains, it deals with a frightening time in Gainsbourg’s life. Download MP3

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