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Unknown Beauty: François Nars

2023 · 88 min

A lush, unhurried tour through one artist's visual obsessions, full of glamour, nostalgia and quiet creative pleasure.

Directed by: Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, François Nars, Isabella Rossellini

Overview: Photographer and make-up artist François Nars reveals his visually stunning inner world in this feature-length documentary by filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland. Mr. Nars takes us on a tour of the fashions, designers and models of '70s Paris, the underground of '90s New York, and the timeless world of cinema, filled with actors, actresses, and directors who have shaped his visual aesthetics.

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Directed by: Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, François Nars, Isabella Rossellini

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
identity
celebrity
memory
sexuality
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, François Nars, Isabella Rossellini, Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Lauren Hutton, Sylvie Vartan, Fabien Baron
Runtime: 88 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, French

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