Yves Saint Laurent
- Director: Jalil Lespert
- Writer: Jacques Fieschi; Jérémie Guez
- Producer: Wassim Béji
CGiii Comment
It all depends on whether you take 'haute couture' seriously...
2014, the year that saw - foolishly - two films about YSL...
The references to the handsome-ness of YSL is mind-boggling - he was not an attractive man...his money was...perhaps, even his talent.
As you would expect from a film about fashion-ism, it's very stylish...but, lacking...in pace, glamour and substance.
If these 'scenes' are the highlights of YSL's life - then, he was a very dull individual indeed...and, according to this film, a rather pathetic man.
The unnecessary voice-over - by Berge - is a sentimental annoyance. The party excesses, too numerous and, frankly, unnecessary.
Joy-less, life-less - a disappointing portrait of a man who changed the world of fashion.
He deserved better.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
Pierre Niney as Yves Saint Laurent;
Guillaume Gallienne as Pierre Berge;
Charlotte Lebon as Victoire Doutreleau;
Laura Smet as Loulou de la Falaise;
Marie de Villepin as Betty Catroux;
Xavier Lafitte as Jacques De Bascher;
Nikolai Kinski as Karl Lagerfeld;
Judi Beecher as American Reporter;
Rani Bheemuck as Mannequin defile 1962;
Ruben Alves as Fernando Sanchez