{"id":40373,"date":"2023-09-07T10:55:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T06:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=40373"},"modified":"2023-09-07T10:55:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T06:55:54","slug":"new-christian-dior-biopic","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/new-christian-dior-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Enthusiasts Rejoice: A Biopic Exploring The Life Of &#8220;Fiercely Private&#8221; Christian Dior Is In The Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40403\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40403 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/09\/dior.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fashion designer Christian Dior standing in the dressing room at his Paris Salon before a showing of his collection. (Photo by Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The world of cinema is no stranger to a wide range of fashion and celebrity biopics. In the last few years alone we&#8217;ve had<em> House of Gucci<\/em>, <em>Elvis<\/em>, <em>I Wanna Dance With Somebody\u00a0<\/em>and more.<\/p>\n<p>And now the life of one of the most legendary fashion designers, Monsieur Christian Dior, will be portrayed on the big screen. Below, GRAZIA details everything we know about the upcoming biopic so far.<\/p>\n<h3>Here&#8217;s what we know so far<\/h3>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2023\/09\/05\/a-christian-dior-biopic-is-in-the-works-what-you-may-not-know-about-the-iconic-brand\/?sh=124c2d525f64\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Forbes<\/em><\/a>, the project is still very much in its early phase. The upcoming biopic is being spearheaded by French actress and producer Elsa Zylberstein, who has onboarded writer Julien Teisseire to pen the script, while Zylberstein\u2019s Sonia Films and Odile McDonald will be developing the film.<\/p>\n<p>Zylberstein is famed for her captivating performances in television, film and theatre. She has earned critical acclaim and a great many awards by gracing a myriad of noteworthy films including <em>Mina Tannenbaum<\/em>, <em>I\u2019ve Loved You So Long<\/em> and <em>Farinelli<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cw0ZameK2g8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cw0ZameK2g8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cw0ZameK2g8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Elsa Zylberstein (@elsa_zylberstein)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <em>Variety<\/em> magazine, Zylberstein shared some of the details of the upcoming biopic which will explore the life of the &#8220;fiercely private&#8221; Monsieur Dior. Set in a post-World War II in Paris in 1947, the film will showcase the beginnings of Monsieur Dior building his empire alongside Raymonde Zehnacker, known to be the designer&#8217;s right-hand woman, who will be portrayed by Zylberstein herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe like to say that behind every successful man there\u2019s a woman, and that was also true for Dior,\u201d she said in the interview.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40404\" style=\"width: 1283px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40404 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/09\/dior-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1283\" height=\"720\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monsieur Dior with Princess Margaret, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Credit: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zylberstein herself has an affinity with the house of Dior, her mother previously worked for the Maison in fragrance. The producer and actress notes that while Monsieur Dior was perhaps &#8220;not a flamboyant character like other fashion designers or popular cultural icons&#8230; he was no less fascinating\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The biopic will highlight his accomplishments and the influences that led him to forge a legacy enduring to this day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42689,"featured_media":40404,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[134,65,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Biopic Exploring The Life Of Christian Dior Is In The Works<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A biopic of the life of one of the most legendary fashion designers, Monsieur Christian Dior, is currently in production.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/new-christian-dior-biopic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fashion Enthusiasts Rejoice: A Biopic Exploring The Life Of &quot;Fiercely Private&quot; 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