"House of Gucci" or the difference between opera and soap opera
Adam Driver and Lady Gaga in "House of Gucci" by Ridley Scott.
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Text by: Elisabeth Lequeret Follow
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Ridley Scott's new film brings together the most fabulous cast of the year: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto and Camille Cottin.
In "House of Gucci", this super production of more than two and a half hours, he tells us how, in the 1980s, the Gucci family were kicked out of their own business.
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It is a story of noise and fury, one of those family sagas full of love, hatred and thwarted ambitions that Italy has kept secret since the Borgias.
To tell the story of the Gucci, Ridley Scott has chosen to go back to the origins: the morganatic marriage, at the end of the 1970s, between a Gucci heir (Adam Driver) and a pretty stranger (Lady Gaga).
This one will prove to be ruthless in business before pitting all the members of the family against each other by precipitating the destruction of the clan.
Without rhythm or depth
House of Gucci
does it all: castles in Tuscany, Milanese palazzo, penthouse with swimming pool… all topped with Vivaldi.
It's the life of the super rich, as if you were there, and with a gallery of quirky characters, but all equally mediocre and superficial.
This is kind of the problem.
We do not confuse opera and soap opera without danger, and the film suffers from it, it would like to tend towards lyricism even though it is without rhythm or depth, even if it is still worth the detour for its incredible range of stars. .
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