Coco Before Chanel
2009 · TMDB 6.9 · Coco avant Chanel
Directed by Anne Fontaine
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.
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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...
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- Runtime
- 110 min
- Released
- 2009-04-22
- Studio
- Haut et Court
- Country
- Belgium
- Language
- French
- TMDB score
- 6.9
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Key contributors
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Anne Fontaine
Director
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Camille Fontaine
Writer
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Audrey Tautou
Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel
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Benoît Poelvoorde
Étienne Balsan
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Alessandro Nivola
Arthur 'Boy' Capel
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Marie Gillain
Adrienne Chanel
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Emmanuelle Devos
Émilienne d'Alençon
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Régis Royer
Alec, Jockey
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Étienne Bartholomeus
Balsan Butler
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Yan Duffas
Maurice de Nexon