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Coco Before Chanel

Country: France, Language: French, 105 mins

Original Title

Coco Avant Chanel
  • Director: Anne Fontaine
  • Writer: Edmonde Charles-Roux; Anne Fontaine
  • Producer: Caroline Benjo; Philippe Carcassonne

CGiii Comment

Slightly and politely revealing...

Strangely, it leaves you wanting to know more about the other characters...was that the intention?!?


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The(ir) Blurb...

Several years after leaving the orphanage to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entrée into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing increasingly popular hats. When she falls in love with English businessman Arthur Capel further opportunities open up, though life becomes ever more complicated.

Cast & Characters

Audrey Tautou as Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel;
Benoît Poelvoorde as Étienne Balsan;
Alessandro Nivola as Arthur 'Boy' Capel;
Marie Gillain as Adrienne Chanel;
Emmanuelle Devos as Emilienne d'Alençon;
Régis Royer as Alec, le jockey;
Etienne Bartholomeus as Maître d'hôtel Balsan;
Yan Duffas as Maurice de Nexon;
Fabien Béhar as Patron boutique;
Roch Leibovici as Jean, le palefrenier;
Jean-Yves Chatelais as Directeur beuglant;
Pierre Diot as Acteur théâtre;
Vincent Nemeth as Gros homme théâtre;
Bruno Abraham-Kremer as Tailleur Deauville;
Lisa Cohen as Gabrielle Chanel, 10 ans