Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic (2018): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2018, Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic is a documentary film directed by Yann L'Hénoret, running about 96 minutes.

What it’s about. 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).

Who’s in it. Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic stars Jean-Paul Gaultier as Self, Tonie Marshall as Self, Marion Cotillard as Self and Rossy de Palma as Self, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.4/10, Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In AU you can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic page.

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