Fashion Victim

Director: Gérard Jugnot
Genre: Comedy, LGBT, Comedy-drama
Year: 2009
Country: France
Language: French Language
Starring: Bernard Le Coq, Raphaël Boshart, Gérard Jugnot, Juan Diego, Assaad Bouab, Stéphane Debac

"In 1577, the couturier Pic Saint Loup received a grand commission from King Henry III: to create the most beautiful wedding dress for the marriage of his nephew to a Spanish noble girl. So off goes Pic Saint Luop with his band of merry men to Spain, a hot seat of fundamental Catholicism where Protestants, Jews, Moors and homosexuals are quickly dealt with. And there sits the problem: Saint Loup’s faithful secretary is a Protestant, his perfumer a Jew, his hairdresser slightly off his rocker and there’s a Moor in his entourage. Just to aggravate the situation somewhat, the father of the girl turns out to be the notorious grand inquisitor of Córdoba. The unfortunate Pic Saint Loup wanted nothing more than to bring a hint of pink into life – but finds himself in the blackest of blacks…"

Quoting the synopsis on the Zurich Film Festival site.


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