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A new festival celebrates the glamorous lives of the well-dressed
Fashion and film have always gone together, and a new event next week, the Elle Fashion Film Festival in Bangkok, offers nine movies in celebration of that rich relationship.
Here’s the line-up:
_ “A Single Man” – Designer Tom Ford makes his bow as a director with this drama starring Colin Firth as a gay man in 1960s Los Angeles. Tuesday, 8pm.
_ “Blancanieves” – The brothers Grimm meet “The Artist” in this black-and-white silent Italian retelling of “Snow White” set during the Roaring ’20s. Wednesday, 8pm.
_ “I Am Love” – Tilda Swinton heads the cast in this drama about a dysfunctional Italian textile-manufacturing family hit by hard times. Thursday, 8pm.
_ “L’Amour Fou” – This documentary looks at the relationship of fashion icon Yves Saint-Laurent and his lover Pierre Berge. September 13, 8pm.
_ “Face” (“Visage”) – Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang travels to the Louvre in Paris for this comedy-drama that explores the myth of the legendary beauty Salome. september 14, 2pm.
_ “Colour Me Love” – This 2010 Chinese romantic comedy is a remake of The Devil Wears Prada. September 14, 5pm.
_ “Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky” – Anna Mouglalis and Mads Mikkelsen star in this romance that traces the rumoured affair between titans of the worlds of fashion and music. September 14, 8pm.
_ “Heartbeats” (“Les amours imaginaires”) – Canadian director Xavier Dolan’s 2010 drama is about a quirky couple – a man and woman – who fall for same the same guy. September 15, 3pm.
_ “Farewell, My Queen” – The last days of Marie Antoinette in power are seen through the eyes of a servant girl who reads aloud to the queen. Diane Kruger is Antoinette with Léa Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen also starring. September 15, 8pm.
Sashay in to the cinema
_ The Elle Fashion Film Festival runs from Tuesday until September 15 at SFX the Emporium. Tickets cost Bt150.
_ As part of the fest, there is an art installation in the emporium’s first-floor Fashion Avenue.
_ For more details, visit www.facebook.com/ellethailandmagazine.
