Brunello: The Gracious Visionary is a rather hagiographic film title for one’s life and work. Though it carries the sweep of an Italian epic, the two-hour experience manages not to mythologize its subject, the Italian designer Brunello Cucinelli. Directed by Oscar-winner Giuseppe Tornatore, best known for 1988’s Cinema Paradiso, it traces Cucinelli’s life from his upbringing in the Umbrian countryside to his ascent to the top of luxury fashion.
Rather than linger on his…

