Name: Valentino: The Last Emperor
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 96 min

PLOT : Valentino: The Last Emperor offers intimate, fly-on-the-wall access to fashion icon Valentino Garavani and his longtime partner Giancarlo Giammetti during a pivotal year. Filmed between 2005 and 2007, the documentary follows the preparations for the 2006 Spring/Summer collection in Paris through a grand 45-year retrospective in Rome, charting the dramatic closing act of Valentino’s celebrated career. From sketch to runway, we witness his relentless pursuit of beauty, the pressures of haute couture as business, and the personal cost of sustaining a global empire. At this film’s heart lies an extraordinary 50-year partnership, a love story, and creative alliance confronting the end of an era in global fashion.

Matt Tyrnaurer. An award-winning writer, journalist, and director known for stylish political and cultural documentaries. His breakthrough feature, Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008), offered intimate access to Valentino Garavani and his partnership with Giancarlo Giammetti. Tyrnauer also directed Studio 54 (2018) and Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019). A longtime editor-at-large and special correspondent for Vanity Fair, he blends rigorous reporting with compelling storytelling flair.

Length 1h 36min

Cast Valentino Garavani, Giancarlo Giammetti, Anna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld, Giorgio Armani, Donatella Versace, Tom Ford,
Distribution No Distributor
Production Acolyte Films

Tue June 30

9 PM

Outdoor

Rogers Trinity Theatre

Distillery District

Toronto

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