For 173 minutes, the movie is way too long for my liking. It revolves around a man who is always around beautiful people and yet he realized that he was even lonelier than he was back when he was "trapped" in his mother's newspaper stand. The realisation that he was surrounded by those who just want to immerse themselves in his success as a fashion designer made him rather self-conscious and too consumed in wanting a Yvonne Becker (A Paris Fashion Goddess)to approve his creativity and wanton need for attention. This Jan Everyman cannot fathom that his success is the very thing that makes him lose sight of the most important things in life. He chose to be amongst shallow individuals who priorities on skin deep beauty and the allure of being famous.
Even death could cure his illusion of what is important. He wanted a few more hours and even drive a destitute couple into giving him their lives so that he could taste the fruits of his labour. However, what he thought was the day of his triumph showed him otherwise. He was not what he envisioned himself to be and the people around him began to show their true colours.
At the end of it all, it showed how lonely his life is and how desolate and painful it was to fall from grace especially when there was no one there to help him to his feet again.
