Prada, Polanski and Helena Bonham Carter redefine retail therapy at Cannes
Roman Polanski and Prada debuted their film-meets-fashion collaboration at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend. The film, A Therapy, stars Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Kingsley, and is a quirky three-and-a-half-minute reminder of what it’s like to fall in love with fashion.
We’ve all been there—that moment your eyes fall upon an irresistible piece that you simply must get your hands on. Kingsley, who plays therapist to Bonham Carter, is not immune to this love of fashion, and when he lays eyes upon his client’s Prada purple fur, he finds himself hypnotically drawn to the coat. Hey, just like the film states, Prada suits everyone.
Polanski was critical of whether or not working with the fashion powerhouse would be artistically crippling, but as it turns out, it was a match made in fashion heaven (you know, the one where Karl Lagerfeld plays God. The director explained, “I did not think that I could really be myself, but the reality is that in the total freedom I was given, I had the opportunity to reunite my favorite group of people on set and just have fun.”
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