Movie
Coco Before Chanel
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-04-22
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Haut et Court, Ciné-@, France 2 Cinéma, SCOPE Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment France
- Country
- Belgium, France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- 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 Émilienne d'Alençon
- Régis Royer as Alec, Jockey
- Étienne Bartholomeus as Balsan Butler
- Yan Duffas as Maurice de Nexon
- Fabien Béhar as Shop Boss
- Roch Leibovici as Jean, Groom
- Jean-Yves Chatelais as Bellowing Director
- Pierre Diot as Actor in the Theater
Crew
- Anne Fontaine - Director
- Anne Fontaine - Screenplay
- Camille Fontaine - Screenplay
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