Dfter the excellent box office takings at the cinema and the criticism of Gaga and Jared Leto’s method acting macaronic English, tonight at 9.30pm on Rai 1 he arrives House of Gucci by Ridley Scott (based on the book of the same name by Sara Gay Forden). Story of the love of Patrizia Reggiani and Maurizio Gucci, from their first meeting to Reggiani’s organization of her husband’s murder. But not only that, in parallel there is also the history of the brand up to the appointment of Tom Ford.
House of Guccithe plot of the movie
Milan, seventies. Patrizia Reggiani (Gaga), a 22-year-old girl with great hopes, meets Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) by chance. Law student but above all the scion of the Gucci fashion house. Patrizia’s courtship soon leads to an engagement, but their love is hindered by his family.
Maurizio’s father, Rodolfo (Jeremy Irons), has the feeling that the girl is only interested in money and power. And he threatens his son: if he marries Patrizia, he will be disinherited. Maurizio chooses Patrizia.
A few years later, Patrizia, expecting her firstborn Alessandra, hopes that the happy event will be a harbinger of reconciliation between the parties. Not really, but Maurizio’s uncle, Aldo Gucci (Al Pacino) is delighted, and immediately takes a liking to the woman. Who, aspiring to become a stylist, manages to obtain a role in the family business. Patrizia’s entry into the company causes Maurizio to reconcile with his fatherseriusly sick.
Lady Gaga (Patrizia Gucci) and Adam Driver (Mauricio Gucci) in “House of Gucci”.
The divorce from Patrizia Reggiani and the story with Paola Franchi
The troubles – and Reggiani’s true nature – emerge when Rudolph he dies before he can sign the deed decreeing the transfer of his shares to his son. Patricia At that time he forges his father-in-law’s signature so that Maurizio comes into possession of 50% of the company. More begins to frequent the psychic Giuseppina Auriemma known as Pina (Salma Hayek)whose every advice he follows, entering into disagreement with his relatives.
After an idyllic period, Aldo does not agree with Patrizia’s climb, instead her husband gives her a more incisive role, expanded with the purchase of part of the shares of Aldo and Paolo (Leto), the loser cousin who at a certain point founded a brand with a logo similar to the double G (closed for copyright infringement). Thus the family struggles begin. The first victim is Aldo, who ends up in prison in the United States for tax evasion.
Meanwhile, while they try to buy the rest of Paolo’s sharesat the house of Patrizia and Maurizio The Guardia di Finanza arrives for a search and the intent to arrest Maurizio for Rodolfo’s forged signature. The couple then decides to escape in St. Moritz.
Here, Maurizio, increasingly disillusioned with his wife, he meets Paola Franchi (Camille Cottin), a long-time friend with whom he rekindles an understanding. A real relationship is born, and Patrizia is therefore invited to leave the house in Milan. Attempts to win her husband back are null, she then moves on to request for divorce.
“House of Gucci”, Lady Gaga.
The ending: the murder of Maurizio Gucci and the conviction of Patrizia Reggiani
Looking for financiers to revive Gucci, Maurizio turns to Investcorp, thanks to which he plans to buy the shares of his cousin Paolo’s company, who is left broke. While Aldo, having served his sentence and now resigned to the brand that will no longer be part of the family, sells him his shares and disappears.
A new phase begins for Gucci. Maurizio hires Tom Ford (Reeve Carney), a talented young designer who immediately gets positive feedback. However, the company is in the red and, in the end, Maurizio is also shown the door by Investcorp. In this chaos, Annihilated by the end of the marriage, Patrizia she turns to Pina Auriemma to hire a hitman to have her ex-husband killed.
The psychic puts her in contact with Benedetto Ceraulo and Ivano Savioni, who kill Maurizio on 27 March 1995 as he is about to enter the office, in via Palestro in Milan. At this point, House of Gucci takes a time leap to the murder trial, 1997. With the judge calling Patrizia “Mrs. Reggiani” and she who replies «I want to be called Mrs. Gucci». A close up followed by information on Reggiani’s sentence (26 years in prison) and on the subsequent biographies of the protagonists.
House of Guccithe review
Announced with great fanfare in 2020, House of Gucci received mixed reviews. What matters is the fact that the actors act in Italian English, along with other clichés for a film whose expectations were quite high. However, the reference target must be taken into consideration: House of Gucci it is designed for an international audience. And from this perspective the experiment could be considered successful.
The cast’s performance is overall good, with delightful (although certainly involuntary) camp drifts. Lady Gaga first and foremost, which creates a Patrizia Gucci determined and irasciblea sketch that looks like a cross between a soap opera heroine and shoulder pads from an 80s variety show.
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