Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams

    Genre
    Biography, Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    110 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    PG
  • |
    • Release Date
    2022
  • |
    • Countries
    Italy
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Luca Guadagnino
WRITTEN BY:
Giuppy D'Aura, Dana Thomas
CAST INCLUDES:
Salvatore Ferragamo, Michael Stuhlbarg, Manolo Blahnik

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Academy Award nominee Luca Guadagnino (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, SUSPIRIA) directs this fashionable, stunning documentary documenting the life and legacy of iconic shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo. Through interviews and archive footage of Ferragamo's family, friends, and peers, Guadagnino paints a stunning portrait of the legendary shoemaker.

SYNOPSIS

Salvatore Ferragamo began his career as a shoemaker before he was barely a teenager. In America, his work would soon help invent the glamour of Hollywood’s silent era as he created shoes for iconic films and for stars like Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks. Directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) and with incisive commentary by Martin Scorsese, Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin and Wanda Ferragamo, this is a portrait of a man whose vision, passion, and craftsmanship made him “shoemaker to the stars,” and an enduring cultural, fashion, and artistic influence.

Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams

    Genre
    Biography, Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    110 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    PG
  • |
    • Release Date
    2022
  • |
    • Countries
    Italy
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Luca Guadagnino
WRITTEN BY
Giuppy D'Aura, Dana Thomas
CAST INCLUDES
Salvatore Ferragamo, Michael Stuhlbarg, Manolo Blahnik
Academy Award nominee Luca Guadagnino (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, SUSPIRIA) directs this fashionable, stunning documentary documenting the life and legacy of iconic shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo. Through interviews and archive footage of Ferragamo's family, friends, and peers, Guadagnino paints a stunning portrait of the legendary shoemaker.

Salvatore Ferragamo began his career as a shoemaker before he was barely a teenager. In America, his work would soon help invent the glamour of Hollywood’s silent era as he created shoes for iconic films and for stars like Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks. Directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) and with incisive commentary by Martin Scorsese, Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin and Wanda Ferragamo, this is a portrait of a man whose vision, passion, and craftsmanship made him “shoemaker to the stars,” and an enduring cultural, fashion, and artistic influence.

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