Wim Wenders Directs Tilda Swinton in Poetic Short Film for Chanel’s 2024-2025 Metiers d’Art Show in Hangzhou (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Tilda Swinton stars alongside Xin Zhilei (“Blossoms Shanghai”) and Chinese pop artist Leah Dou in a short film directed by Oscar-nominated German filmmaker Wim Wenders for Chanel‘s 2024-2025 Métiers d’Art show which celebrates artistry and craftsmanship.
The show will take place Dec. 3 by the scenic West Lake in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. The latter provides a fitting backdrop for the Metiers d’Art show, given the city’s vibrant heritage of silk manufacturing and trade.
The lush landscapes and lakes of Hangzhou have been a source of inspiration for many artists, notably Chanel founder Gabrielle Chanel whose imagination is reflected in Wenders’ film.
In her Paris home, Gabrielle Chanel contemplated the lake everyday, as rendered on a Chinese lacquer screen that adorned her private office at her home on Rue Cambon and was part of a collection of some twenty Coromandel pieces, dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries, that she amassed across her lifetime. “It has been my sincere privilege to have been close to the House of Chanel for more than a dozen years, now, and my enthusiasm for the work we are able to do together only grows with every year,” said Swinton, whose work in Pedro Almodovar’s Venice Golden Lion prizewinning “The Room Next Door” has put her in the Oscar race.
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