A group of French stars participate in the funeral of Jane Birkin in Paris
French stars on Monday attended the funeral of British-born singer and actress Jane Birkin, who died earlier this month.
Birkin’s daughters, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Le Doyon, carried their mother’s coffin to the Saint-Roc church in Paris as a crowd of onlookers gathered outside.
Among the stars who attended the funeral were Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni and Isabelle Huppert, as well as British actress Charlotte Rampling, who has a large following in France and has starred in French-language films.
French First Lady Brigitte Macron and Minister of Culture Rima Abdel Malek also attended.
The flowers that covered the square in front of the church were proof of the affection the French had for Perkin.
The family had previously indicated that only family and close friends could enter the church, but a giant screen was placed outside to allow the wider public to follow the funeral.
“Now I am an orphan,” her daughter Charlotte said during the funeral. Her father, Serge Gainsbourg, died in 1991.
As for Doyun, she said, “Mom, thank you for all the adventures, thank you for not being an ordinary, rational, or docile woman.”
Birkin, 76, was found dead in her Paris home on Sunday, July 16, at noon.
French President Emmanuel Macron described Birkin as “an all-around artist who sang the most beautiful words of our language”.
(AFP)
