New Zealand documentarian Pietra Brettkelly (A Flickering Truth) chronicles designer Guo Pei's attempt to break into the exclusive and mostly...
New Zealand documentarian Pietra Brettkelly (A Flickering Truth) chronicles designer Guo Pei's attempt to break into the exclusive and mostly European club of elite fashion designers.
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80 %10 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
"I’m pretty sure Nick Cave was fabric shopping in the back of a shot in New Zealander Pietra Brettkelly’s Yellow is Forbidden, and that’s just one of a myriad of surprising observations captured in this truly beguiling documentary about Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei."
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Flicks
Flicks"I’m pretty sure Nick Cave was fabric shopping in the back of a shot in New Zealander Pietra Brettkelly’s Yellow is Forbidden, and that’s just one of a myriad of surprising observations captured in this truly beguiling documentary about Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei."
—Flicks
Flicks"Dress after dress of ludicrous artifice, but spectacular beauty. Finally, I felt like I got the point."
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Stuff
Stuff"Brettkelly's film is too polite to treat this milieu, rarefied to the point of being ridiculous, with anything other than intricately embroidered kid gloves."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Numerous story threads keep the interest, and Pei makes for delightful company - you don't need to be interested in fashion to enjoy this visual feast of a film."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald"The amount of eye candy on display throughout the film borders on excessive but what allows the film to retain its interest and power is the charisma and story of its subject."
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New Zealand Herald"Golden."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterYellow is Forbidden | Details
- Runtime
- 97
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- New Zealand
