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On 26 October 2007 the documentary Lagerfeld Confidential will be released in the UK, directed by Rodolphe Marconi the film is a closeup and personal portrait of the fashion icon, Karl Lagerfeld.

The cast comprises of Nicole Kidman, Karl Lagerfeld and Princess Caroline of Monaco all portraying themselves.

SYNOPSIS

In LAGERFELD CONFIDENTIAL director Rodolphe Marconi takes the audience beyond the Lagerfeld mystery, revealing the daily life of the enigmatic fashion designer and international icon.

Lagerfeld exposed his life to Marconi’s camera for two years, producing over 200 hours of intimate footage. We see Lagerfeld designing a dress in private, giving public interviews, his work as a photographer and painter, his collection of art books, his work for Chanel, the Lagerfeld Gallery – interspersed with behind-the-scenes footage from international fashion shows, actresses and stars from around the globe, and some of the most beautiful women in the world.

Marconi also reveals Lagerfeld’s hidden side: an intellectual insomniac with a thirst for literature, films and paintings; a fan of Art Déco and contemporary art; a lover of aesthetics in the extreme as well as luxury. He also presents Lagerfeld’s considerate side: when he is away, he never forgets to send chocolates to his assistants every Monday morning. After each fashion show, he invites all his employees to “help themselves”so that they all leave with a bag, shoes or a jacket.

With the complicity of Mr. Lagerfeld, Marconi also discovers the personal history that has remained in the shadows: an obscure childhood, his nightlife in the 1980’s at 7 and the Palace, the anger upon hearing that Saint-Laurent had been chosen for Dior, and his rapid climb to the top. We also discover an unyielding character with an unfortunate penchant for tyranny as well as an almost pathological need to laugh, make jokes, make people laugh and surprise. Last of all, we discover the deeply moving moments in the life of a loner who was hurt by the death of the person who shared his life for many years – yet who has no time for nostalgia: “If it was really better in the old days, you might as well kill yourself right now.”

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