Karl Lagerfeld, être et paraître

Over a sixty-year career, the designer successfully established himself on the fashion scene, the world he aspired to be the king of. He replaced his being with appearances, even if it meant blurring the lines of his own story. So, behind the obvious appearances, who was Karl Lagerfeld really? From a little boy in a war-traumatized Germany to his encounter with the dandy Jacques de Bascher, and his professional rise with Chanel, this portrait of Karl Lagerfeld attempts to understand the man behind the mask. Karl Lagerfeld passed away on February 19, 2019. Directed by Laurent Allen-Caron