Saint Laurent, Bertrand Bonello, France, 2014, 150', OV with spanish subtitles
Following his recent visit to Donostia/San Sebastian Zinemaldia with his latest film, Nocturama, we dust off another work by the great Bonello to prove that he is one of the key directors in contemporary European cinema.
Presented for competition at Cannes in 2014, Saint Laurent is a portrait of the French designer Yves Saint Laurent during his heyday in the 1960s. But this is no common-or-garden biopic; this is Bonello – over-the-top, elegant, nocturnal, massive...
We could trot out a whole string of adjectives, but instead we’ll just say, for example, that the film contains one of the best disco scenes seen for many years: a masterclass in camera moves and exchanged glances. So this is a Bonello-style portrait: YSL by Bertrand Bonello, one artist portrayed by another.
Screening of the film by Bertrand Bonello Saint Laurent, a portrait of the French designer Yves Saint Laurent during his heyday in the 1960s.