Are film depictions overdramatising the real-life legacy of fashion houses?

Actors Adam Driver, Jared Leto and Lady Gaga are seen on the set of 'House Of Gucci' while filming in Rome. Photo: Reuters

The great-grandchildren of Guccio Gucci, who founded the luxury fashion house that bears his name a century ago in Florence, are appealing to filmmaker Ridley Scott to respect their family’s legacy in a new film that focuses on a sensational murder.

The House Of Gucci, starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, is based on a book about the 1995 murder-for-hire of one of Gucci's grandchildren, Maurizio, and the subsequent trial and conviction of his ex-wife.