Yves Saint Laurent (2014)

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 Bergé.

Director:

Jalil Lespert

Writers:

Marie-Pierre Huster (scenario), Jalil Lespert (scenario)

Stars:

Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne, Charlotte Le Bon

2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pierre Niney	...	Yves Saint Laurent (as Pierre Niney de la Comédie-Française)
Guillaume Gallienne	...	Pierre Bergé (as Guillaume Gallienne de la Comédie Française)
Charlotte Le Bon	...	Victoire Doutreleau
Laura Smet	...	Loulou de la Falaise
Marie de Villepin	...	Betty Catroux
Nikolai Kinski	...	Karl Lagerfeld
Ruben Alves	...	Fernando Sanchez
Astrid Whettnall	...	Yvonne de Peyerimhoff
Marianne Basler	...	Lucienne Saint-Laurent
Jean-Édouard Bodziak	...	Bernard Buffet
Adeline D'Hermy	...	Anne-Marie Munoz (as Adeline D'Hermy de la Comédie-Française)
Xavier Lafitte	...	Jacques de Bascher
Alexandre Steiger	...	Jean-Pierre Debord
Philippe Morier-Genoud	...	Jean Cocteau
Anne Alvaro	...	Marie-Louise Bousquet

Storyline

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 Bergé.

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Plot Keywords:

morocco | 1970s | 1960s | 1950s | fashion show | 

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Taglines:

Fashions fade. Style is forever.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Certificate:

M/16

Did You Know?

Goofs

YSL's 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.

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Quotes

Yves Saint Laurent: I don't fear critics.

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Soundtracks

La Wally, Act I:
Ebben?... Ne Andrò Lontana"
Composed by Alfredo Catalani, to a libretto by Luigi Illica, 1892
Interprété par Maria Callas, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
(p) 1953/1957 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK LTD
Avec l'aimable autorisation de Parlophone Music France, Une division de Warner Music France

User Reviews

Skimming stones

This film tells the life of the great French fashion designer, Yves Saint Laurent, concentrating on his youthful but turbulent years in Paris and Morocco.

"Yves Saint Laurent" has certainly a lot of beautiful clothes and beautiful people, but it's not enough to be a good biographical film. The story is presented as a recollection from Mr Berge's perspective, with him occasionally narrating to fill in the gaps. The story runs too fast for viewers to gain understanding with the eventful life of Yves Saint Laurent, and the story does not dive deep enough for any emotional connection to occur. Events are not presented in an engaging manner. I guess that's a necessary evil for a biographical film because compressing years into less than two hours is not an easy job. Skimming stones is quite expected.

Details

Country:

France Belgium

Language:

French English Russian Arabic Japanese

Release Date:

19 June 2014 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Yves Saint Laurent

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

EUR12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$24,207, 29 June 2014

Gross USA:

$723,593

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$21,026,290

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wy Productions, SND Films, Cinéfrance 1888

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1