Saint Laurent

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Saint Laurent

R,

2015,

2h 31m,

Biography/

History/

Drama/

LGBTQ+

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84 Reviews

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Born in Algeria, Yves Saint Laurent (Gaspard Ulliel) moves to France and utilizes his creativity to become an icon of the fashion industry.

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Critics Consensus

A well-intentioned but frustratingly diffuse biopic, Saint Laurent proves an ironically poor fit for a look at the life of a fashion icon.

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Jun 11, 2015

3/4

It captures the tense flavor of a particularly heady time in Saint Laurent's life, during which he struggled with addiction and illness and juggled relationships ...

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Calvin Wilson

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jun 11, 2015

2/4

Saint Laurent was a truly mythic figure. It's a shame that Bonello's film doesn't do him justice.

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Jun 11, 2015

D

Repetitive, repulsive, empty while stuffed with cheap ennui and wholly lacking in either insight or inspiration, "Saint Laurent" is absolutely everything you don't want to see in a biographical film.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Jul 13, 2024

3.5/4

Rather than a hagiography, Bonello confronts his subject’s personhood without dwelling on his genius, leaving viewers with no clear sense of how one should feel about Yves Saint Laurent. That’s part of what makes the film so exceptional.

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

Jun 22, 2023

3/5

A striking proposal (the YSL collections are appreciated in all their splendor) and only at times fascinating... [Full review in Spanish]

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Elissa Suh

StageBuddy.com

Mar 16, 2020

Saint Laurent, a vibrant, buzzy biopic of the visionary French designer, plays like an extended high fashion ad campaign, prioritizing corporeal movement aided and abetted by shiny textures, music, and distant gazes.

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Bertrand Bonello

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Gaspard Ulliel

Yves Saint Laurent

Jérémie Renier

Pierre Bergé

Louis Garrel

Jacques de Bascher

Léa Seydoux

Loulou de La Falaise

Amira Casar

Anne-Marie Munoz

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Synopsis

Born in Algeria, Yves Saint Laurent (Gaspard Ulliel) moves to France and utilizes his creativity to become an icon of the fashion industry.

Director: Bertrand Bonello
Producer: Éric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer, Christophe Lambert
Screenwriter: Thomas Bidegain, Bertrand Bonello
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: arte France Cinéma, EuropaCorp, Orange Studio, Scope Pictures, Mandarin Cinéma
Rating: R (Some Language|Graphic Nudity|Strong Sexual Situations|Substance Abuse)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): May 8, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.7K
Runtime: 2h 31m

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