The movie starts with the young Yves Saint Laurent, sitting on his small desk and sketching. The whole story-line is being told by his long-term partner and only lover, Pierre Berge.
What I like about this movie, in my humble opinion, is that it takes you, step by step, throughout the time-line of the events, labelling every major event with the year it has happened in. That helped in saving the troubles of loosing contact throughout the film, by keeping you on track with the dates, like the date of the "Le Smoking" collection which was in 1967; it was written on the screen in order to clarify when that major event happened.
The movie describes precisely what happened in the artist's life, whether on the runway or backstage and during the creations of the magnificent masterpieces that he created. The film is very clear and has shown no difference nor editing to the true story, and all of the cast played their right parts in a great way, specially Pierre Niney's performance that deserves a stand in ovation, chapeau!
They did their researches and reached whoever they could reach in order to gather as much information about the deceased legend, and it did pay off. Niney took sketching, vocal, and drawing classes for this role. They even used original pieces from Yves's collections -which exceeds 8,000 pieces, and with the generous help of Monsieur Berge and other people who have personally worked with Monsieur Laurent, they've put everything in its right place.
The music matched the film perfectly and set the ambiance in the right way, and Ibrahim Maalouf did a great job when choosing the Jazz/Blues genres for the songs and music composed, whether made originally for the biopic, or carefully chosen to match the themes of the film.
It is a remarkable touch what Jalil Lespert made when ending the movie as the much older Yves is -as the beginning of the film, seated on a small desk and sketching, but this time, accompanied with his beloved partner Pierre Berge.
The movie is not at all a "gay story", it is a very touching story of a man who was an artist, a genius, a lover of life and beauty. A man who was very shy and fragile that he only found strength in what he did and in how Pierre loved him. Very inspirational that story is, sad, but very life changing.
The film clearly showed all the sides of Yves' life, even gave a glimpse about his childhood, and how he was constantly bullied in school.
If you are not much of a reader-type, and you like watching more than reading, then this biopic is the right one for you; it will give you the required information you need about that Fashion-God, maybe a bit more than you need, but you will sure be satisfied and fulfilled.
Yves Saint Laurent: a film that shan't be missed. It is the least that could be done to a man who saw women as masterpieces of art and did his best, and much more, to make the world see them that way as well.
What I like about this movie, in my humble opinion, is that it takes you, step by step, throughout the time-line of the events, labelling every major event with the year it has happened in. That helped in saving the troubles of loosing contact throughout the film, by keeping you on track with the dates, like the date of the "Le Smoking" collection which was in 1967; it was written on the screen in order to clarify when that major event happened.
The movie describes precisely what happened in the artist's life, whether on the runway or backstage and during the creations of the magnificent masterpieces that he created. The film is very clear and has shown no difference nor editing to the true story, and all of the cast played their right parts in a great way, specially Pierre Niney's performance that deserves a stand in ovation, chapeau!
They did their researches and reached whoever they could reach in order to gather as much information about the deceased legend, and it did pay off. Niney took sketching, vocal, and drawing classes for this role. They even used original pieces from Yves's collections -which exceeds 8,000 pieces, and with the generous help of Monsieur Berge and other people who have personally worked with Monsieur Laurent, they've put everything in its right place.
The music matched the film perfectly and set the ambiance in the right way, and Ibrahim Maalouf did a great job when choosing the Jazz/Blues genres for the songs and music composed, whether made originally for the biopic, or carefully chosen to match the themes of the film.
It is a remarkable touch what Jalil Lespert made when ending the movie as the much older Yves is -as the beginning of the film, seated on a small desk and sketching, but this time, accompanied with his beloved partner Pierre Berge.
The movie is not at all a "gay story", it is a very touching story of a man who was an artist, a genius, a lover of life and beauty. A man who was very shy and fragile that he only found strength in what he did and in how Pierre loved him. Very inspirational that story is, sad, but very life changing.
The film clearly showed all the sides of Yves' life, even gave a glimpse about his childhood, and how he was constantly bullied in school.
If you are not much of a reader-type, and you like watching more than reading, then this biopic is the right one for you; it will give you the required information you need about that Fashion-God, maybe a bit more than you need, but you will sure be satisfied and fulfilled.
Yves Saint Laurent: a film that shan't be missed. It is the least that could be done to a man who saw women as masterpieces of art and did his best, and much more, to make the world see them that way as well.