Yves Saint Laurent
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Writer(s): Bonello & Thomas Bidegain
Producer(s): Mandarin Cinéma's Eric and Nicolas Altmayer
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Gaspard Ulliel
Bonello doing a biopic on...
Representing a monumental leap in poise and craft, it is also Bonello's most subtle work in terms of provocation and shocking or subversive imagery. I met up with Mr. Bonello after his film's North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last September, when we discussed his place in the New Extremity Movement, the mixed reception that his film has had with North American critics, and the research that went into the project, among other things.
Naturally the most polarizing film of the Main Competition film so far would come from Bertrand Bonello. L'Apollonide House of Tolerance is his return back into the Main Comp since 2003's Tiresia.
Bertrand Bonello’s commenced shooting on his fifth feature film yesterday, pulling in a pool of Euro actresses in Adèle Haenel, Jasmine Trinca, Hafsia Herzi, Noémie Lvovsky and Céline Sallette for what should be one more controversial film add to his filmography which already includes The Pornographer (2001) and Tiresia (2003).