Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Overview

Inspired even as a boy by the Folies Bergere, the legendary Paris cabaret venue, couturier Jean-Paul Gaultier always wanted to stage a show there. "But what story can I tell?" he muses in this doc about the six months of preparation that went into the show. "Mine." Combining fashion with film, dance, theater, and unapologetic over-the-top-ness, the revue offers a 40-year career retrospective of the designer who is practically never spoken of without using the phrase enfant terrible. Notorious among cinephiles for his costumes for The Fifth Element and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover and among pop fans for Madonna's pointy cone brassiere, he also incorporated teddy bears and S&M fetish gear as design motifs. In the show, the fanciful and outrageous meets the naughtily witty (a skit sending up Vogue dragon lady Anna Wintour) and the poignant (a tribute to his partner Francis Menuge, who died in 1990).

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 19, 2018

Original language

French

Spoken languages

English, French

Countries

France

Production

Canal+

Cast

Jean-Paul Gaultier,Tonie Marshall,Marion Cotillard,Rossy de Palma,Catherine Deneuve,Madonna,Anna Wintour,Amanda Lear,Antoine de Caunes,Nile Rodgersand 2 more

Director

Yann L'Hénoret

Writer

Yann L'Hénoret

Cinematography

Yann L'Hénoret

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt10374438