Written and directed by Natasha Lyonne.
Renowned for their conceptual and inspired short films that run alongside their equally captivating collections, Kenzo creative directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon call upon the creative talents of Natasha Lyonne to present their Autumn/Winter 2017 range.
Through Lyonne’s surrealist eye, the lead character learns to reconcile with her Vaudevillian past in order to step into her life more fully. During the short, dubbed 'Cabiria, Charity, Chastity', we witness Chastity’s journey through the eloquence of incoherence. It's about the illusion of significance in a surreal, unjust and often unintelligible world, yet finding meaning within it and retaining a form of hope in despite of it. Chastity finds an uncompromising way of realizing reality is a kind of absurdity.
Featuring a stellar cast including Maya Rudolph, Matt Lucas and Macaulay Culkin, Lyonne has also drafted in a team of talents from the world of film to work on the project, notably director of photography Chung-hoon Chung (Oldboy, Stoker, The Handmaiden), Academy Award nominated costume designer Arianne Phillips (Walk The Line, Nocturnal Animals, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), and music by Animal Collective's John Maus.