YVES SAINT LAURENT – 5 AVENUE MARCEAU, 75116 PARIS

In November 2001, the doors of 5 avenue Marceau were opened for the first time to reveal a secret place: Yves Saint Laurents couture house. The director, David Teboul, spent over three months within the walls of this building with total freedom to move around and shoot his film. In a world of mirrors, agitation handled with kid gloves, punctillious coddling, the film is a serious meeting with the legendary designer at close quarters, in his place of work from the original sketch to the final garment. The film is a study of the loneliness, obsession, out-of-place feeling that accompany the designer as well as of the disappointment and happiness he gains from his work.