Celebration

Name: Celebration
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 2, 2019
Duration: 74 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Laetitia Casta, Loulou De La Falaise, Pierre Bergé, Yves Saint-Laurent

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Kimstim Films | Release Date: October 2, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Laetitia Casta, Loulou De La Falaise, Pierre Bergé, Yves Saint-Laurent

Summary: Filmed over the course of three years, this portrait of fashion colossus Yves Saint Laurent’s final show was suppressed right after its first and only public screening at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival. The film was blocked by YSL’s business (and on-and-off romantic) partner Pierre Berge, who objected to the couturier’s portrayal as frailFilmed over the course of three years, this portrait of fashion colossus Yves Saint Laurent’s final show was suppressed right after its first and only public screening at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival. The film was blocked by YSL’s business (and on-and-off romantic) partner Pierre Berge, who objected to the couturier’s portrayal as frail and not quite all there, and to his own depiction of being the behind the scenes mastermind. (The dynamic between the two is said to have inspired Paul Thomas Anderson’s depiction of Daniel Day-Lewis and Lesley Manville’s characters in Phantom Thread.) Fortunately, Berge relented in 2015 (he died in 2017), and thus Celebration is finally available. Director Olivier Meyrou’s Celebration presents an opulent and immersive behind-the-scenes look at haute couture designer Yves Saint Laurent’s final show and is a priceless addition to our understanding of the man, the myth, la marque, that is Yves Saint Laurent. [Kimstim]… Expand

Director: Olivier Meyrou

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 74 min

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Josh Kupecki

Oct 16, 2019

Whether you view it as a trenchant treatise on the contemporary effects of Marxism, or just a wonderfully odd glimpse into a fading star of the fashion industry, Celebration is at turns beguiling, fascinating, and true, which is what one should want and need out of a documentary. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Oct 3, 2019

Saint Laurent was essential to 20th-century culture, and Celebration shows the inevitable fading of glory as well as the enduring features of his life’s work. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Oct 3, 2019

Celebration ultimately resembles more of a snapshot than a fleshed-out portrait, but it's one that's likely to linger in your memory for a long time afterwards. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Oct 31, 2019

Gives us an amazingly candid and rather shocking study of the legendary fashion designer, and his apparent physical and mental deterioration at the age of 60. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Apr 9, 2020

An insightful character study, and an absolute must-watch for Saint-Laurent fans – or anyone with a remote interest in the fashion industry. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 27, 2020

It remains an eye-opening and artful look at just what it took to create that couture, that image and that legacy and that brand — still vital and popular all these years after the shy dreamer’s death. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Oct 7, 2019

Celebration doesn’t feel entirely fair, but it’s a priceless addition to our understanding of how Yves Saint Laurent — the man, the myth, la marque — operated: a flawed film whose mere existence makes it essential viewing. Read full review

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