French fashion house Saint Laurent is moving into the world of cinema with an official production banner headed by house creative director Anthony Vaccarello.
The film offshoot will be known as Saint Laurent Productions and will launch its first two projects at Cannes: Pedro Almodóvar’s latest short, Strange Way of Life, starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, alongside another currently unnamed short.
It has been widely speculated online that the second short could be a project directed by Jean-Luc Godard, the final work he completed before his death late last year.
The Kering-owned house has billed itself as the first fashion brand to set up a fully-fledged subsidiary to produce films rather than just providing funding or costumes.
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