A little girl who is sent with her sister
to an orphanage in the heart of France, who waits in vain
every Sunday for her father to come for her…
A cabaret
performer with a weak voice who sings to an audience of
drunken soldiers…
A humble seamstress, who stitches hems at the back of a
provincial tailor's shop…
A young, skinny courtesan, to whom protector Etienne
Balsan offers a safe haven, amongst the idle and decadent…
A woman in love who knows she will never be anyone’s
wife, refusing marriage even to Boy Capel, the man who
returned her love…
A rebel who finds the conventions of her time oppressive,
and instead dresses in her lovers' clothes…
This is the story of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who begins
her life as a headstrong orphan, and through an
extraordinary journey becomes the legendary couturier who
embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of
success, freedom and style.
Coco Before Chanel, starring Audrey Tautou (Amélie, The
Da Vinci Code) in the title role, along with Benoît
Poelvoorde (Entre ses mains/In His Hands, Podium),
Emmanuelle Devos (Rois et reine/Kings and Queen,
L’Adversaire/The Adversary), Marie Gillain (L’Enfer/Hell,
Les Femmes de l’ombre/Female Agents) and Alessandro Nivola (Junebug,
Jurassic Park III). Coco Before Chanel is directed by Anne
Fontaine (La Fille de Monaco/The Girl From Monaco) from a
screenplay by Anne Fontaine and Camille Fontaine, with the
collaboration of Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons),
loosely based on L’irrégulière by Edmonde Charles-Roux. The
producers are Philippe Carcassonne (La Fille de Monaco/The
Girl From Monaco), Caroline Benjo (Entre les murs/The Class)
and Carole Scotta (Entre les murs/The Class).
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