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Is the movie Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?

A Heroic Life — Joann Sfar’s stylized portrait of Serge Gainsbourg that drifts through smoky Parisian cafés, wartime shadows and late-night chanson sessions. Starring Éric Elmosnino, who won the César Award for Best Actor for his electric turn as the provocateur, the film mixes biopic and fantasy to trace Gainsbourg’s rise from 1940s occupied Paris to the scandalous pop icon of the 1960s and his death in 1991. In this article we’ll map where you can stream this moody, melody-laced tale — from Netflix to Disney+, Prime Video and AppleTV+ — and explain how to find it without getting lost in the fog of availability.

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

Synopsis

An intimate portrait of French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, tracing his childhood in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris, his rise to prominence as a hit-making composer in the 1960s, and the events leading to his death in 1991 at age 62.

Release date

2010

Duration

2h 10min

Rating

Director

Joann Sfar

Country

France

Genre(s)

Biographie, Drame, Musique

Watch on which platform Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

Updated on 12/03/2026

Netflix

Not available

Disney+

Not available

Prime Video

Available

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Apple TV+

Available

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