SummaryIn 1970s Paris, Karl Lagerfeld (Daniel Brühl) falls for Jacques de Bascher (Théodore Pellerin) and seeks to unseat Yves Saint Laurent (Arnaud Valois) as top designer in this six-part French series adaptation of Raphaëlle Bacqué's book "Kaiser Karl."
SummaryIn 1970s Paris, Karl Lagerfeld (Daniel Brühl) falls for Jacques de Bascher (Théodore Pellerin) and seeks to unseat Yves Saint Laurent (Arnaud Valois) as top designer in this six-part French series adaptation of Raphaëlle Bacqué's book "Kaiser Karl."
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld might have the glossy patina of a Disney-backed series, but thanks to its humanity, heart, and grittiness, it doesn’t feel like a series pieced together in the present. Even if you aren’t interested in the life and times of Karl Lagerfeld, the series is absolutely worth watching if only for a forlorn Daniel Brühl running around a grandiose château like a lovestruck maiden, dressed in a nightgown and wielding a lantern.
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld just barely scratches the surface of what kind of a person the designer was. Viewers don’t truly understand the roots of his motives and evil doings. And, therefore, we cannot really attempt to align with him, nor hate or mock him for them.