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High camp and low cunning
MARUA DUARTE recommends the stranger-than-fiction story of the rise and fall of the Gucci family’s billion-dollar fashion empire
Adam Driver (left) as Maurizio Gucci and Lady Gaga as Patrizia Regianni

House of Gucci (15)
Directed by Ridley Scott

TWENTY years in the making, Ridley Scott’s wonderfully captivating new film is inspired by the shocking true story of the Gucci family, and its implosion in a tale of power, greed, betrayal, murder and high-stakes fashion.

Based on Sara Gay Forden’s book The House of Gucci, it walks a fine line between outrageous camp and bitter drama as it explores the meteoric rise and show-stopping fall of a family empire.

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