Film cycle Picasso/Chanel
In conjunction with the exhibition Picasso/Chanel the museum has organised a film cycle featuring titles from different periods and countries and in all of which Picasso and Chanel have key roles, either through their direct presence or in films that remind us of their importance in the fields of art history and fashion.
Chanel designed the costumes in some of the films in the cycle, including Tonight or Never (1931) by Mervyn LeRoy (made available by the Mary Pickford Foundation) and The Rules of the Game (1939) by Jean Renoir.
In addition, titles such as Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009) by Jan Kounen and the more recent Correspondances Jean Cocteau-Pablo Picasso (2020) by Dorothée Lachaud offer reassessments of the two artists through different film genres.
The cycle also includes two shorts on Coco Chanel by Karl Lagerfield and a special showing of Picasso and Dance: Le Train Bleu / Le Tricorne, which includes a recreation of the ballet that is the subject of the exhibition’s final section, Le Train Bleu, which premiered in 1924 with a libretto by Jean Cocteau, costumes by Chanel and a drop curtain by Picasso.
Picasso and Dance: Le Train bleu / Le Tricorne by Didier Baussy and Yvon Gérault (France, 2005, 81 min.)
In this film the Ballet of the Ópera de Paris performs two of the ballets for which Picasso designed the sets in collaboration with other artists: Le Train bleu, with costumes designed by Gabrielle Chanel, and Le Tricorne, both created by Serge Diaghilev.
- Date:
- 11 December 2022
- Place:
- Auditorium
Tonight or Never by Mervyn LeRoy (USA, 1931, 80 min.)
Nella Vago is an operatic diva whose agent criticises her lack of passion when singing. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, this romantic comedy involved the participation of Gabrielle Chanel, who designed the costumes for the principal character, played by Gloria Swanson. Shown by courtesy of the Mary Pickford Foundation and VCI Entertainment, Inc
- Date:
- 6 November 2022
- Place:
- Auditorium
Le quai des brumes by Marcel Carné (France, 1938, 91 min.)
Directed by Marcel Carné, this film is one of the most important examples of French poetic realism. The main character, played by Jean Gabin, is a deserter from the French army who escapes to Le Havre where he meets the young Nelly. The strange death of a local painter allows him to adopt his identity and start a new life. Chanel designed the principal actors’ costumes, notably the leading lady’s raincoat and beret, which became film and fashion icons.
- Date:
- 13 November 2022
- Place:
- Auditorium
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky by Jan Kounen (FranceJapan-Switzerland, 2009, 119 min.)
Inspired by the novel Coco & Igor by Chris Greenhalgh, director Jan Kounen’s film recounts the supposed relationship between musician Igor Stravinsky and Coco Chanel in early 20th-century Paris.
- Date:
- 27 November 2022
- Place:
- Auditorium
The Rules of the Game by Jean Renoir (France, 1939, 110 min.)
This comedy of intrigue involves a group of members of French high society who spend a weekend on a country estate in the Sologne. Jean Renoir commissioned Gabrielle Chanel to design the costumes, becoming good friends with her and working with her on other projects.
- Date:
- 20 November 2022
- Place:
- Auditorium
Correspondances Jean Cocteau-Pablo Picasso by Dorothée Lachaud (France, 2020, 53 min.); Once upon a time… (France, 2013, 18 min.); The return (France, 2013, 25 min.)
This session features three films: Correspondances Jean Cocteau-Pablo Picasso, a documentary directed by Dorothée Lachaud which explores the friendship between the two creative masters through their letters, and two shorts directed by the designer Karl Lagerfield; Once upon a time, which focuses on Gabrielle Chanel’s beginnings with the opening of her first boutique in Deauville in 1913, and The Return, which narrates Chanel’s return to the fashion world after a fifteen-year absence.
- Date:
- 4 December 2022
- Place:
- Auditorium