Coco avant Chanel
Release date: September 25, 2009 More »
Director: Anne Fontaine
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 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 Show All »
About:
The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.
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.
Producer: Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne, Carole Scotta
Writers: Edmonde Charles-Roux, Anne Fontaine, Camille Fontaine
