Whether it is a truthful or a dramatic version of his life, i do not know. His life and times or the 2014 biopic yves saint laurent, saint laurent which is, in fact, another biopic released in france in. At age four, yves saint laurent purportedly advised his mother that the dress and shoes she was wearing did not work. Its a tasteful and formulaic biopic, visually lush but emotionally shallow. Pierre niney is a dead ringer for the fashion designer, but this is a lifeless account of his career. The life of yves saint laurent is likely to make for a far more engrossing movie than coco before chaneland its jalil lespert whos been trusted with bringing his complex story to the bigscreen. Fashion designer yves saint laurent is the subject of a film that has the glossy sheen of. Actrices et acteurs yves saint laurent 2014 yves saint laurent, casting du film.
The film is based on the life of yves saint laurent from 1958. The unauthorized film gives saint laurent more agency over his bad behavior and paints berge as a selfmotivated tyrant whose ability to keep. Yves saint laurent trailer ufficiale italiano 2014. Yves saint laurent, the movie, isnt nearly so innovative or forward thinking.
Songs and music featured in yves saint laurent soundtrack. Pierre niney, guillaume gallienne, charlotte le bon, laura smet. Worldrenowned since the age of twentyone, when he shot to fame as the savior of christian dior, he has changed the way that women dress with a series of innovationsfrom trouser suits and leather boots to peasant shawls and safari jacketsnow regarded as classics. This film by bertrand bonello offers an allaccess look into the designer yves saint laurent at work and afterhours with a perspective that is at once intimate and detached. Goofs ysls black leather beat collection is shown as having been created in 1964 in the film, suggesting ysl was a leader of the mod look of the mid 1960s, but in fact his beat collection was done in 1960 and was too youthful for dior clientele at the time and the main reason ysl was fired from dior. The french actor gaspard ulliel will play the designer in french director bertrand bonellos forthcoming biopic, after a huge audition process. Unfortunately, jalil lesperts new frenchlanguage miniepic about the greatest clothing designer of the postwar era, yves saint laurent, wont be expanding the fashion film alist. In the biopic yves saint laurent, fashion from the vault. Saint laurent, a vibrant, buzzy biopic of the visionary french designer, plays like an extended high fashion ad campaign, prioritizing corporeal movement aided and abetted by shiny textures, music.
Yves saint laurent is a 2014 french biographical drama film directed by jalil lespert and cowritten with jacques fieschi, jeremie guez and mariepierre huster. The supporting cast features lea seydoux, amira casar, aymeline valade, and helmut berger. Yves saint laurent is arguably the greatest fashion designer of this century. I dont doubt the sincerity of the team associated with this film, but the heavy hand of monsieur berge plus ludicrous casting makes this just dull. Ultimately hollow as director bertrand bonello keeps his subject somewhat emotionally at bay, the movie is.
The life of an iconic fashion designer hits the big screens with two films about yves saint laurent released this year, we take a look at the life of one of the greatest. Style is forever a look at the life of french designer yves saint laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, pierre berge. Not to be confused with the 2004 documentary yves saint laurent. The film charts the meteoric rise of the talented shy, introverted and gay yves saint laurent and then his struggles to keep his creativity and to cope with his sexuality. Fashion designer yves saint laurent pierre niney works with one of his early muses, victoire doutreleau charlotte le bon. That seems to be the theme of saint laurent, an epiclength biopic not to be confused with last years yves saint laurent, a briefer and less juicy authorized account about the enigmatic master of hautecouture fabulousness who died from a brain tumor in 2008 at age 71. The most sympathetic character in the latest film about yves saint laurent is moujik his french bulldog. Yves saint laurent soundtrack music complete song list.
The young design genius who left french algeria as a teenager to work for christian dior, took over the house of dior at age 21 in 1957, following his mentors death. The two actors who portray yves and his business partner and his life partner, pierre in the film yves st. Further confirming the apparently boundless talent of comedie francaise actor pierre niney, who doesnt play saint laurent so much as embody him, yves saint laurent traces the life of the. As he grew up, yves saint laurent s personal and professional sensibilities were shaped by the art of film. Yves saintlaurent was born on august 1, 1936 in oran, oran, france as yves henri donat mathieu. Rent saint laurent 2015 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The film, first announced this past cannes, will go into production next spring. Why do filmmakers insist on portraying yves saint laurent as a fragile genius. Yves was a monster with mental illness, pierre was a saint who stood by him. Why do filmmakers insist on portraying yves saint laurent.
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