CHANGE MAKERS: Anthony Vaccarello, who just unveiled one of the most talked-about collections in Paris for Saint Laurent, will soon be designing more film costumes, too.
Saint Laurent Productions will coproduce French director Jacques Audiard’s next film, “Emilia Perez.”
Described as a “melodrama musical,” it stars Karla Sofía Gascón, an up-and-coming Argentinian trans actor, who portrays a Mexican cartel leader who has a sex change to get away from the law and become the woman he’s always wanted to be, according to Variety, which like WWD is owned by PMC.
Gascón’s costars include Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Edgar Ramírez and Adriana Paz.
The movie will be coproduced with French production company Why Not Productions/Page 114, together with Pathé and France 2 Cinema, according to Saint Laurent Productions. It will be distributed by Pathé.
Audiard, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes with “Dheepan” in 2015, is best known for his Oscar-nominated film “A Prophet” in which Tahar Rahim delivered a breakthrough performance.
Describing the film’s narrative as “unconventional,” Saint Laurent Productions said “Emilia Perez” would feature music by Clément Ducol and French singer Camille, and choreography by Damien Jalet.
Taking its penchant for film to a new zenith, Saint Laurent last year established a subsidiary devoted to the full-fledged production of movies and debuted two shorts in Cannes: “Strange Way of Life” by Pedro Almodóvar, and Jean-Luc Godard’s “Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars”
The Kering-owned fashion house bills itself as the first to set up a registered subsidiary to produce films, rather than merely funding them — or dressing its stars.
Saint Laurent Productions and Vaccarello have also revealed their involvement in Paolo Sorrentino’s and David Cronenberg’s next movies.
Jacques Audiard, flanked by Betty Catroux and Anne Imhof, attending Saint Laurent’s spring 2024 show.
Courtesy of Saint Laurent Productions