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- 2014
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 46 m
- 2014
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 46 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Jalil Lespert
- 2014
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 46 m
- 2014
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 1 h 46 m
Yves Saint Laurent
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5.8
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Summary 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.
Directed By: Jalil Lespert
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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36% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
51
36% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
56% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Jalil Lespert's Yves Saint Laurent tries to sweep the evanescent butterfly Yves into its net: The movie isn't enough, but it's something.
One is left wishing a little more time were spent on the clothes and the creative process, but Yves Saint Laurent is still a lovely escape into an elegant, evolving world.
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Based on 11 User Ratings
5.8
36% Positive
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Saint Laurent was known for an almost monk-like focus on his work. And so this film springs to life — the actors, the camera, the editing — when we see his creations the way they were meant to be seen: in motion, and worn by beautiful women.
As elegant as the man's clothes, this handsome biopic traces 20 incident-filled years in the life of the designer.
Yet another biopic that feels as though it were made by an accountant, Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent epitomizes the mediocrity of a genre that often aspires to secondhand storytelling instead of first-rate art.
The film's purpose is the reverent mystification of everything that avowedly makes YSL special.
The film is artfully shot with eye candy galore: sumptuous dresses, beautiful people and scenes from Pierre and Yves’s time in Morocco. But for all its visual stimulation, the story does little to awaken emotions.
Production Company
Wy Productions,
SND Films,
Cinéfrance 1888,
Hérodiade,
Umedia,
uFund,
Canal+,
Orange Cinéma Séries,
Cofinova 10,
Indéfilms 2,
Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep),
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date Jun 25, 2014
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating R
Tagline Fashions fade. Style is forever.
Awards
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Globes de Cristal Awards, France
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Nomination
