The pairing of the two Italians – Guadagnino and Valentino’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli – is a stylistic daydream. Oscar-nominated actor unmasks himself in strangest ‘Masked Singer’ reveal yet, How He Made $2.8M Trading Stocks Part-Time At Home, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Suffer Pregnancy Loss: 'We Will Always Love You', James Van Der Beek and His Family Are Moving from Los Angeles to Texas: 'Onto the Next Big Adventure!

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which seems perfectly fitting for a 37-minute commercial showcasing haute couture inspired by Valentino’s 2018 Fall/Winter collection. For other release dates, click here. Share. These brightly coloured materials engulf the frame and provide a distraction from the somewhat muddled narrative. For something that’s heavily anchored by the confection of garments it so proudly parades throughout (which often breathe more life into the script than the characters who wear them), slowly but surely the question arises if whether or not Guadagnino’s project was ever intended to be anything more than the fabricated objects that inspired it.

“In this intersection of fashion and film, classic and timeless style is abound” Join a community of like-minded readers who are passionate about cinema - get access to our private members Network, give back to independent filmmakers, and more. 'The Staggering Girl' brings together a group of creative geniuses. If anything, it’s in the fleeting ambiguity of Michael Mitnick’s screenplay where the film struggles to connect the most, often using vaguely-poetic dialogue within a non-linear structure to conjure-up vivid experiences from Francesca’s psyche; the transitions between the past and the present only becoming murkier as we try to distinguish which of those moments are being lived and which are being dreamt. Colourful and detailed capes, dresses and coats flow dramatically with every small gesture, draped from character’s bodies with an air of sophistication. David Ehrlich. From the flatlands of Norfolk, Emily (@EmMaskell) is a freelance writer with words for Flip Screen, Little White Lies, NME, Girls On Tops, etc. Living as a veteran artist with her caretaker (Kyle MacLachlan), Sofia has absolutely no intention of relocating, instead, she chooses to spend the rest of her days basking amongst the luscious green hues of her overgrown garden and continuing to paint inside the walls of her cosy Roman villa. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The luxury fashion house is known for threading expensive garments and Piccioli weaves this alluring presence of Valentino into the fabric of The Staggering Girl. Swamped by tailored fabrics, The Staggering Girl is a collaboration that has fashion at the heart of this film. Premiering in the ‘Directors Fortnight’ category at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival – if the film were going to succeed anywhere in the world, this prestigious event where money, art and fashion collide would be the place, and considering the undeniably attractive body of work produced by Guadagnino, it’s only natural that his passion-for-fashion project has just enough visual splendour to distract us from its questionable purpose as it does the frequent tendency to fall apart at the seams before our very eyes. 2019 Directed by Luca Guadagnino.

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Launch Gallery: 2019 Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet: Taron Egerton, Richard Madden, and More (Photos). “In this intersection of fashion and film, classic and timeless style is abound”. After hearing a chain of poetic whispers come from a mysterious neighbour (Kiki Layne), the cryptic words echoing from the apartment air-vent inspire Francesca to return to her childhood home in Italy where she attempts to convince her partially-blind mother, Sofia (Marthe Keller) to vacate her property. Either way, the objective of Luca Guadagnino’s experimental short is up for debate, which won’t necessarily be a problem for long-time admirers of the Italian auteur’s signature style or share the same inherent love for high fashion. MacLachlan is already there when she arrives, the “Twin Peaks” star now playing a fussy caretaker whose primary function is to contextualize the dull flashbacks that derail Michael Mitnick’s paper-thin script (Mia Goth appears as the younger version of Francesca’s mother). “Once the world was defined,” he says. The sensual cinematic style embodies an elegance that is perfectly suited to the flowing shape of these costumes. The film’s women are dressed in glamorous frocks that allude to a seductive fascination. Only it is a shame that Goff and MacLachlan’s roles dissolve into the complications of The Staggering Girl’s lucid memory. We seldom get a clear look at the technicolor dream-cape that is meant to connect Francesca to her childhood, and the inane dialogue that needles through the flashbacks and stitches the whole piece together sounds as if it was written for a perfume commercial. Flimsy writing aside, reuniting with trusted cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom and getting composer Ryuichi Sakamoto to jump on board is precisely where Guadagnino’s vision begins to take shape, as we watch the three unique artists orchestrate the puppet strings of Francesca’s reality, they construct a moody mosaic of fragmented imagery from past romances and treasured moments with her mother that reveal the inner workings of her character. As a narrative (if non-linear) work of cinema from a filmmaker whose recent hot streak includes the searing romance of “Call Me by Your Name” and the demented revisionism of “Suspiria,” this feels like a pornographically fashionable indulgence — an elegant smock of half-baked ideas that’s sewn together from all of the worst criticisms that have been mistakenly leveled at Guadagnino’s previous work. Sign up for Indiewire's Newsletter. The Staggering Girl ( 7 ) IMDb 5.4 37min 2019 NR Triggered by a stranger’s secret confession, Francesca returns to her childhood home in Italy to convince her ailing mother to follow her to New York.