Rotten
Watching Bertrand Bonello's new film is less Saint Laurent than The Saint Laurent Experience: It's the biopic as fever dream.
Nathalie Atkinson, Globe and Mail
Saint Laurent
The story that has never been told before
2014 · 2h 30m · R
Drama
Directed by
Bertrand Bonello
Overview
1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.
Director and cast
- Bertrand Bonello Director
- Gaspard Ulliel as Yves Saint Laurent
- Jérémie Renier as Pierre Bergé
- Louis Garrel as Jacques de Bascher
- Léa Seydoux as Loulou de la Falaise
- Aymeline Valade as Betty Catroux
- Amira Casar as Anne-Marie Munoz
- Micha Lescot as Monsieur Jean-Pierre
- Helmut Berger as Yves Saint Laurent en 1989
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Client
- Valérie Donzelli Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
Bonello takes on the point of view of Saint Laurent himself, exposing a visionary world seen from within that is as strange and wonderful as that of a magnificently stitched garment turned inside out.
Peter Keough, Boston Globe
Fresh
Dreamy and impressionistic, full of debauchery, drugs, disco, and dazzling couture, Saint Laurent is a biopic that picks its moments, leaving backstory behind.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
The biopic captures a psychology and aesthetic in an exhilarating, sensual, cerebral fashion.
John Anderson, Newsday
Fresh
Evoking the era through period detail and occasional footage, director Bertrand Bonello has created a cautionary tale about the price of fame and celebrity.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
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