The French Institute of Madrid screens, this afternoon at 20:00 hrs, as part of its cinema series ‘Vida de artista’ (Artist life), the film Yves Saint Laurent, by Jalil Lespert. With the young actor Pierre Niney, the director, actor and author Guillaume Gallienne and the actress Charlotte Le Bon. In French with Spanish subtitles.
Paris, 1957. Aged barely 21 years old, the French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent is unexpectedly asked to supervise the great fashion house founded by the recently deceased Christian Dior. All eyes are on this young assistant when he presents his first haute couture collection for Dior. During the ground-breaking and successful fashion show, Yves Saint-Laurent meets Pierre Bergé, who will not only become his partner, but also the big love of his life.