10 April 2012
Yves Saint Laurent: L'amour Fou, Cert 15, 99 mins ***
Yves Saint Laurent was a man who reached the pinnacle of the fashion world and then seemed to want to throw himself off it. Pierre Thoretton's documentary is narrated by Saint Laurent's long-term lover, the gloomy-voiced Pierre Bergé. It goes through all the usual celebratory motions but, without giving away too many secrets, suggests that nothing satisfied him enough - in fact, quite a lot made him suicidal.
