Synopsis
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 Berge.
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Cast
- Pierre NineyYves Saint Laurent
- Guillaume GalliennePierre Bergé
- Nikolai KinskiKarl Lagerfeld
- Charlotte Le BonVictoire Doutreleau
- Xavier LafitteJacques De Bascher
- Laura SmetLoulou de la Falaise
- Marie de VillepinBetty Catroux
- Ruben AlvesFernando Sanchez
- Astrid WhettnallYvonne de Peyerimhoff
- Marianne BaslerLucienne Saint Laurent
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The Hollywood Reporter
Though the screenplay, based on Laurence Benaim’s biography, is all build-up and no payoff, there is just enough emotional insight to compensate for the lack of narrative fireworks in the last half-hour. - 60
Empire
As elegant as the man's clothes, this handsome biopic traces 20 incident-filled years in the life of the designer. - 60
Total Film
Jalil Lespert’s film treats its hero with a high seriousness that not even Niney’s uncanny portrayal of YSL’s artistry and mental fragility can justify. - 60
The Telegraph
Rather than do something freshly cinematic with Saint Laurent’s precise, elegant creations, the film is content to exhibit them. - 60
CineVue
With Yves Saint Laurent, Lespert has played it safe but stylish, and pulls it off thanks to some canny casting choices and a refreshing focus on mainstream appeal. - 42
The Playlist
Over the twenty-odd years the film covers, Saint Laurent is scene-by-scene depicted as a genius, a manic-depressive, a polyamorist, a drug taker, a mercurial friend, a partier and a terribly, terribly sensitive soul. He undoubtedly was all of these things and more, it's just a pity he doesn't also come across as a person. - 40
Variety
Clothes make the man, but can’t save the film, in Yves Saint Laurent, in which the life of one of haute couture’s great innovators gets disappointingly by-the-numbers treatment. - 40
Time Out London
Sadly, this polite film, though touching in places, is so desperate not to offend, it’s the film equivalent of sensible shoes. Diehard fashionistas may disagree.