Confession of a Child of the Century (French: Confession d'un enfant du siècle) is a 2012 historical drama film written and directed by Sylvie Verheyde, based on Alfred de Musset's 1836 autobiographical novel of the same name. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. In spite of its selection to the festival, the film gained notoriety as being the lowest-grossing US theatrical release of 2015; it earned US$74 from its one-week, one-theater theatrical run.
Contents
Cast
Charlotte Gainsbourg as Brigitte
Pete Doherty as Octave
Lily Cole as Elise
August Diehl as Desgenais
Volker Bruch as Henri Smith
Joséphine de La Baume as Desgenais's mistress
Guillaume Gallienne as Mercanson
Rebecca Jameson as voice over
Effi Rabsilber as Cantatrice
Rhian Rees as Madame Levasseur
Karole Rocher as Marco
Production
Pete Doherty, who worked primarily as a musician, was obsessed with Charlotte Gainsbourg because of the legacy surrounding her famous father, French musician Serge Gainsbourg. During press for the film, he alleged that he and Gainsbourg had had a fling after filming and she had briefly abandoned her partner Yvan Attal and moved from Paris to London in order to be with him.