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House of Versace (2013)

House of Versace poster
Directed by
Sara Sugarman
Genre
drama film, biographical film
Country
United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
16
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After her brother Gianni is murdered, Donatella Versace takes over the family fashion business. The film follows her struggle to keep the company afloat while dealing with personal grief and family pressures.

dramaticintimateemotionalglamorousbittersweetpersonalsoberingcharacter-driven

What happens

House of Versace is a 2013 Canadian biographical drama television film directed by Sara Sugarman and starring Gina Gershon. Based on the 2010 biography House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival by Deborah Ball, it depicts real-life events of the Versace family, and particularly designer Donatella Versace inheriting the Versace fashion house following the murder of her brother Gianni. The film premiered on Lifetime on October 5, 2013 and received 1.975 million viewers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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