Charlotte Gainsbourg “in a thousand pieces”, she tells the role of Yvan Attal after the death of her father

They form one of the strongest couples in French cinema. For almost 34 years, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal have been having been having been going to perfect love. On the cover of the magazine “Elle”, this April 10, on the occasion of her role in the American series “Star”, Charlotte Gainsbourg returned to her relationship with the man who has shared her life since the 90s.

“I have the impression of having grown with him, I saw my children that I had when we met,” said Charlotte Gainsbourg, remembering their beginnings. The two lovebirds met on the set of the feature film “In the eyes of the world” in 1991. At the time, the actress crossed one of the most difficult periods of her life: the death of her father, the famous Serge Gainsbourg, who died of a heart attack on March 2, 1991. “In a thousand pieces”, Charlotte Gainsbourg took refuge in the arms of Yvan Attal, which she met When he had 26.

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The muse of Maison Saint Laurent explained how his spouse immediately became his home port. “I was crying all the time. As soon as he left the play, I collapsed, as soon as I heard my father on the radio, I became a wreck, “she confessed to the magazine, stressing the immense patience of Yvan Attal.

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3 children and an aborted marriage project

This complicated period “did not last a year”, it was only at the birth of his elder Ben Attal in 1997, that Charlotte Gainsbourg found a taste for life. “Yvan said to me, ‘When he was born, you changed his face’. It is as if I went from death to life. Yvan, then Ben hung me over to her. Together, Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsbourg had two other children: Alice (22) and Jo (14). The youngest is the only one to still live in the family home.

Those who have not left themselves since their first dinner love each other as on the first day. After considering the marriage during 2023, the couple finally given up on itUité on the death of Jane Birkin on July 16, 2023. Very affected by the brutal death of her mother, Charlotte Gainsbourg lost the interest of getting married. This is in any case what she had entrusted on the set of “C to you”, Thursday, April 4, 2024. “I don’t want to get married anymore, but it is not for lack of love. On the contrary, it is proof of love. I wanted our mothers to come. »»