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Coco Before Chanel (2009)
Directed by Anne Fontaine
“Before she was France's famous mademoiselle…”
Drama, History · 1h 50m
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 entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing.
Cast
Audrey Tautou
Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel
Benoît Poelvoorde
Étienne Balsan
Alessandro Nivola
Arthur 'Boy' Capel
Marie Gillain
Adrienne Chanel
Emmanuelle Devos
Émilienne d'Alençon
Régis Royer
Alec, Jockey
Étienne Bartholomeus
Balsan Butler
Yan Duffas
Maurice de Nexon
Fabien Béhar
Shop Boss
Roch Leibovici
Jean, Groom
Jean-Yves Chatelais
Bellowing Director
Pierre Diot
Actor in the Theater
Crew
- Director
- Anne Fontaine
- Screenplay
- Anne Fontaine, Camille Fontaine
- Novel
- Edmonde Charles-Roux
- Director of Photography
- Christophe Beaucarne
- Original Music Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
- Editor
- Luc Barnier
- Producer
- Caroline Benjo, Simon Arnal, Carole Scotta, Philippe Carcassonne
Details
- Original title
- Coco avant Chanel
- Release date
- 2009-04-22
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, English
- Countries
- Belgium, France
- Production
- Haut et Court, Ciné-@, France 2 Cinéma, SCOPE Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment France