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Celebration

Celebration

A film by Olivier Meyrou

Filmed over the course of three years, this portrait of fashion colossus Yves Saint Laurent’s final show was suppressed right after its first and only public screening at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival. The film was blocked by YSL’s business (and on-and-off romantic) partner Pierre Berge, who objected to the couturier’s portrayal as frail and not quite all there, and to his own depiction of being the behind the scenes mastermind. (The dynamic between the two is said to have inspired Paul Thomas Anderson’s depiction of Daniel Day-Lewis and Lesley Manville’s characters in Phantom Thread.) Fortunately, Berge relented in 2015 (he died in 2017), and thus Celebration is finally available. Director Olivier Meyrou’s Celebration presents an opulent and immersive behind-the-scenes look at haute couture designer Yves Saint Laurent’s final show and is a priceless addition to our understanding of the man, the myth, la marque, that is Yves Saint Laurent.

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“'Celebration' offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look of Yves Saint Laurent’s last few years of genius.”

- Vogue

“What this film most reveals is the price he(Pierre Bergé ) and Mr. Saint Laurent paid along the way — which is exactly what both tried to hide. In the end, Mr. Meyrou takes no pity on the titanic executive.”

- New York Times

" A gentle lament for an institution fading into the sunset."

- ScreenDaily

“Essential viewing!”

- Variety

“It’s a priceless addition to our understanding of how Yves Saint Laurent — the man, the myth, la marque — operated”

- Variety

About the Director

Olivier Meyrou is a French filmmaker born in 1966. In 1993, he graduates from the producing department of La Fémis school. Then he directs to New-York where he produces two documentaries.

DIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHY

2018 Celebration

2013 Parade

2005 Beyond Hatred

 

Cast and Crew

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Producers: Bénédicte Couvreur, Christophe Girard

Director: Olivier Meyrou

Director of Photography: Jean-Marc Bouzou, Florian Bouchet

Editing: Cathie Dambel, Amrita David

Music: François-Eudes Chanfrault

Sound Editors: Sébastien Savine

Sound: Yolande Decarsin, Ludovic Escallier

 

CAST

Yves Saint Laurent

Pierre Bergé

Laetitia Casta

Catherine Deneuve

Film Info

Year: 2018

Country: France

Runtime: 73 min

Color: Black & White and Color

Language: French

Subtitles: English

 

Awards and Festivals

IDFA

True/False film festival

Seattle International Film Festival

Play Dates
Theater/FestivalCityStateDate
Seattle International Film FestivalSeattle WA5/16/19
Outfest FestivalLos Angels CA7/18/19
Q Fest, HoustonHoustonTX7/26/19
Camden film fesivalCamdenME9/12/19
Film ForumNew YorkNY10/2/19
ProctorsSchenectadyNY10/14/19
Avon TheatreStamfordCT10/15/19
Time & Space LimitedHudsonNY10/17/19
Laemmle Music HallLos Angels CA10/18/19
Austin Film SocietyAustinTX10/18/19
Wexner Center for The Arts ColumbusOH10/20/19
Lake Worth PlayhouseLake WorthFL10/25/19
Pelham PicturehousePelhamNY11/15/19
Roxie San FransiscoCA11/15/19
Indie MemphisMemphisTN11/20/19
Gene Siskel Film CenterChicago IL11/29/19
Nitehawk Cinema, Prospect ParkBrooklyn NY12/3/19
Tropic CinemaKey WestFL12/12/19
North West Film ForumSeattleWA12/14/19
Cleveland Museum of ArtClevelandOH12/15/19
Texas TheatreDallasTX12/17/19
Doris Duke TheatreHonoluluHI12/26/19
Museum of Fine Art in BostonBostonMA1/8/20
Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema BirminghamAL1/21/20
UWM Union Theatre MilwaukeeWI2/12/20
Cinema Detroit DetroitMI2/28/20
Prytania TheatreNew OrleansLA2/29/20
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