In February 2022, I watched House of Gucci for the first time at Movix Kameari. The drama film is based on a true story and was released in 2020. The director is Ridley Scott. The cast are gorgeous.
It depicts the human drama of the family of
Gucci known as the luxury brand name from the late 1970's
It is also the love and hate drama of Maurizio
Gucci, one of the successors to Gucci, and young Italian woman named Patrizia.
Maurizio is naïve and has no interest in his family business when he is a student. The young man accepts Patrizia's aggressive approach and even marries her. After that, he
continues to be obedient with her but gradually becomes offensive to her, then
he stops to be manipulated by her with the help of his pride as a man. Adam
Driver gave a delicate performance as Maurizio who is angsty and humble at first
but becomes kind of respectable thanks to his wife and finally conceited despite
her dedication. Lady Gaga acted Patrizia. I was kind of surprised because she
was more diminutive than I had expected, though I had sometimes watched her
singing. Gaga looks to be strong-minded, so I felt that she is just right for
the role of the Italian woman. Then her passionate expressions and motions were
wroth watching, though I thought that her acting was not so good but at least
it was good for a professional singer.
Al Pacino appeared in it. Although I love him
in his forties and fifties, yet I was kind of disappointed at him who I watched
in Irishman for the third time at a
theater because he looked to be elderly, so I did not expect him too much in
the 2020 film. My prediction might have worked. I felt that he gave a charming
performance as an old man for his age. I hope that he will be active as long as
possible.
Jeremy Irons played the role of Rodolfo Gucci,
Maurizio's father, who reminded me of Ferrari's president in Ford v Ferrari.
Irons is English, all the same, I was charmed by the aura of the Italian dandy
old man who Irons acted.
I think that Ridley Scott's precedent film, The Last Duel, was good but it was not so impressive. So was his newest one, though it was quietly touching because it depicts human stupidity. I at least prefer it to the last one.
The characters who really existed seemed to be at the mercy of the brand name Gucci, so, honestly, the story was not so dramatic. Rather, they looked to be ordinary persons. People easily come down if they forget their places. Money makes people go out of their mind in the end. I suspect that little rich people with small dreams would be truly the happiest. I felt the same thing when I viewed Crazy Rich Asians starring Constance Wu.