A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino.A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino.A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations
Nati Abascal
- Self
- (as Naty Abascal)
Jacqueline Kennedy
- Self
- (archive footage)
Storyline
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- TriviaAs told to Elvis Mitchell on KCRW's The Treatment (May 6, 2009), Director Matt Tyrnauer recounted that the film almost never made it to a commercial release. Both Giancarlo and Valentino hated the film on first viewing during a private screening in London and "were completely in shock". Although Tyrnauer had final cut, it took him over five months of negotiations before finally showing the film at the Venice film festival. At Venice the entire audience stood and gave a standing ovation to Valentino after the screening and Valentino apparently now loves the film.
- GoofsIn the closing credits, the archival footage from ZIEGFELD GIRL is credited as a "Warner Brothers" movie. It was an MGM movie but is released on home video by Warner Home Video.
- Quotes
scenographer: Well, we don't want to have nasty rails do we?
- ConnectionsFeatures La Dolce Vita (1960)
Featured review
I really had a great time during the screening. More than a view of the back shop of Valentino's Haute Couture company, the film gives a very unique and interesting point of view of the relation between Valentino and his friend Giancarlo. This let us understand how the complex mix of their talent has let them build their empire. At the same time, the film is not just a panegyric portrait of Valentino, its tracking him even in his tantrums and incoherences. This leads to many humorous moments during which you can't know if Valentino is aware or not of the image he gives of himself. Finally the last aspect I have really liked is that with the retirement of Valentino a very specific way of comprehending "haute couture" is fading away. The film witnesses the interference of finance in fashion companies which is particularly interesting in the case of the Valentino Group.
- benigne_mathieu
- Feb 18, 2009
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Валентіно: Останній імператор
- Filming locations
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,755,134
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $21,762
- Mar 22, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $2,203,403
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008) officially released in India in English?
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