Cinematic oddity “Lux Aeterna” (2019) started life as a two or three-minute plug for fashion brand YSL from Argentina-born French filmmaker Gaspar Noe. It evolved into a 51-minute long film.

Only Gaspar Noé, the arch-provocateur of French film, would make a fashion ad like Lux Æterna.Commissioned by the luxury fashion house Saint Laurent, the film is a 51-minute, improvised ...

Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Yellow Veil Pictures releases the film in theaters on Friday, May 6. Ever since Gaspar Noé cranked up his ...