Glamour and murder

The fall of the Gucci dynasty in the 1990s, which saw them leave their family fashion house, was a dark tale of financial problems, betrayal and murder. In director Ridley Scott’s second historical film of 2021 – after The Last Duel – that drama is brought to life, based on Sara Gay Forden’s book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed.

Lady Gaga leads the cast as the Italian socialite Patrizia Reggiani, who was tried for orchestrating the assassination of her ex-husband and former head of Gucci, Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver). The star-studded cast also includes Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek and, as Aldo Gucci, chairman of Gucci from 1953–86, Al Palcino.

House of Gucci

In cinemas from 26 November

Adam Driver and Lady Gaga play Maurizio Gucci and his wife, Patrizia, who engineers his murder