L'Amour fou (2010)

Directed by

Pierre Thoretton

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

G

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary focuses on the decades-long personal and professional relationship between fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé. It follows Bergé as he prepares to auction their shared art collection after Saint Laurent's death, using archival footage to show their life together.

poignantintimatecontemplativeelegiacreflectivemelancholicobservationalbittersweet

What happens

L'Amour fou (French: Yves Saint Laurent - Pierre Bergé, l'amour fou) is a French documentary film, directed by Pierre Thoretton and released in 2010. The film profiles the longtime partnership of fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent and businessman Pierre Bergé, through the lens of the 2009 auction of Saint-Laurent's art collection following his death. The film was edited from over 2,000 hours of archival film footage of Saint-Laurent and Bergé, and 300 hours of newly shot footage of the auction and Bergé's preparations for it in their home. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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