Coco Before Chanel ( Coco avant Chanel )

Coco Before Chanel (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Original Title: Coco avant Chanel
Screened, competed or awarded at:
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Anne Fontaine

Written By:
Edmonde Charles-Roux
Anne Fontaine

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

Synopsis:

A little girl from central France, who is placed in an orphanage with her sister and waits in vain every Sunday for her father to come and collect them. A weak-voiced café singer, who faces an audience of tipsy soldiers. A young seamstress destined to repair hems in a provincial tailors back shop. A thin-bodied apprentice courtesan, who finds refuge at her protector Etienne Balsans abode, among the loose women and party revellers. A lover who knows she'll never be "someone's wife", not even for Boy Capel, the man who nonetheless loves her. A rebel who feels stifled by the conventions of her time and wears her lovers' shirts. This is the story of Coco Chanel, who embodied the modern woman before inventing her.

Several years after leaving the orphanage to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. 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 increasingly popular hats. When she falls in love with English businessman Arthur Capel further opportunities open up, though life becomes ever more complicated.

The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 14 January, 2010.

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