Biography
Alain Bashung (born Alain Claude Baschung; 1 December 1947 – 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter and actor. Credited with reviving the French chanson in "a time of French musical turmoil", he is often regarded in his home country as the most important French rock musician after Serge Gainsbourg. He rose to prominence in the early 1980s with hit songs such as "Gaby oh Gaby" and "Vertige de l'amour", and later had a string of hit records from the 1990s onward, such as "Osez Joséphine", ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
2014
as Jack l'éventreur (voice)
In Scotland 1874, Jack is born on the coldest day ever. Because of the extreme cold, his heart stops beating. The responsible midwife in Edinburgh fin...
Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Bashung à l'Olympia
2009
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
2008
as Alain Bashung
Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they migh...
The Curious Boy
2004
as The police inspector
Clement, nine, curious about everything, wants to understand life. Camera in hand, he walks the streets of his small provincial town, following and st...
Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces
2003
as Self
Bashung, Alain - La tournée des grands espaces
2003
Director
La bande du drugstore
2002
as Le prof de philo
In the sixties, the Drugstore "minets" were the best dressed, believed only in themselves and imagined themselves reinventing everything. The drag, th...
L'origine du monde
2001
as Richard
A young policeman of Moroccan origin investigates the murder of an informer. His investigations soon lead him to question his own past.
Felix and Lola
2001
as le chanteur
Félix, operator of dodgem cars in a fairground, becomes obsessed by one of his customers, a mysterious young woman named Lola. Félix soon discovers th...
Du Baptême à Je dis -M-
2001
as Self
Confusion of Genders
2000
as Etienne
Bisexual attorney Alain is bedding his female boss, his murderer client, the client's hairdresser girlfriend, and a precocious boy who knows what he w...
I Want It All
1999
as Marc
The collision between family life and career lies at the heart of this comedy hailing from France. A mother of two small children, Eva's life goes fro...
Retour à la vie
1999
as Yann
Louise, a young deaf and dumb comedian, has just been named best actress of the year. She is married to Yann, twenty years her senior. But their relat...
My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters
1999
as Guy
Young single mother has two sons and a daughter by three different fathers who are completely unaware of having fathered them. Anne's mother conjures ...
Alain Bashung : Confessions publiques
1995
as Himself
My Chinese Sister
1994
as Robert Chantegris
In 1977, one year after Mao died, a French man ( played by Alain Bashung) comes back to China to work as a school teacher with his daughter. He quickl...
A Shadow of a Doubt
1993
as Father
Aline Issermann's "Shades of Doubt" ("L'Ombre du Doute"), a French film about a wrenching family crisis, is set forth with remarkable restraint. The s...
Nothing But Lies
1991
as Adrien
Frustrated with her life, a Parisian tells her philandering husband about her lover.
Le Beauf
1987
as Self
Gilbert, assigned to incinerate old banknotes at the Bank of France, lives with his wife, Gisèle, and his young son, Thomas. A few years earlier, he h...
Le Beauf
1987
Original Music Composer
Gilbert, assigned to incinerate old banknotes at the Bank of France, lives with his wife, Gisèle, and his young son, Thomas. A few years earlier, he h...
The Fourth Power
1985
Compositor
Yves Dorget, major reporter in a daily newspaper, finds on an "affair" part of a simple news item Catherine Carré, his former friend, editor and chief...
Car Cemetery
1983
as Emanou
The plot is set in a post apocalyptic Junkyard where people take refuge from authority and are able to practice their fantasies and fetishes without b...
Car Cemetery
1983
Original Music Composer
The plot is set in a post apocalyptic Junkyard where people take refuge from authority and are able to practice their fantasies and fetishes without b...
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
1982
as Bo Craddock
Detective Nestor Burma begins an investigation into the corrupt drug-ridden punk rock music world.
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
1982
Original Music Composer
Detective Nestor Burma begins an investigation into the corrupt drug-ridden punk rock music world.