Gainsbourg in pictures: His life and loves

Gainsbourg marries Francoise-Antoinette Pancrazzi in the town hall of the XVI arrondissement in Paris, 7 January 1964.
Photograph: Archive Photos

A groovy Gainsbourg performs on TV in 1968.
Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

Serge enjoys the high life on a night out with friends in Paris.
Photograph: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis

Jane Birkin and Gainsbourg at home in Paris.
Photograph: Reg Lancaster/Getty Images

Gainsbourg and Birkin at the Cannes Film Festival, May 1969.
Photograph: Archive Photos/Getty Images

Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin in Paris, 1969.
Photograph: Roger Viollet/Getty Images

Gainsbourg with his daughter Charlotte, born on July 21 1971. Charlotte's mother is Jane Birkin.
Photograph: Sygma/Corbis

Gainsbourg poses in Paris, July 1970.
Photograph: Sygma/Corbis

Gainsbourg and Catherine Deneuve in 1980.
Photograph: Roger Viollet/Getty Images

Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot.
Photograph: NBCUPhotoBank/Rex Features

This is a still from the film Gainsbourg. Actor Eric Elmosnino plays the lead role. Photograph: PR

Laetitia Casta has the arguably unenviable task of playing screen icon Brigitte Bardot in the movie Gainsbourg. Photograph: PR

Lucy Gordon plays Jane Birkin in the movie Gainsbourg, which goes on general release on 30 July. Photograph: PR