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.| Original Title: | Coco avant Chanel |
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| Status: | Released (2009-04-22) |
| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 20 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $6,113,834 |
| Screen: | Edmonde Charles-Roux, Anne Fontaine, Camille Fontaine |
| Productions: | Haut et Court, Ciné-@, France 2 Cinéma, SCOPE Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment France |
| Production Countries: | Belgium, France |
| Spoken Languages: | Français, English |
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- 2405: Audrey Tautou - Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel
- 47820: Benoît Poelvoorde - Étienne Balsan
- 4941: Alessandro Nivola - Arthur 'Boy' Capel
- 54227: Marie Gillain - Adrienne Chanel
- 19117: Emmanuelle Devos - Émilienne d'Alençon
- 264812: Régis Royer - Alec, Jockey
- 2928938: Étienne Bartholomeus - Balsan Butler
Crews
- 81780: Edmonde Charles-Roux - Novel - Writing
- 19060: Jean-Claude Laureux - Supervising Sound Editor - Sound
- 2949: Alexandre Desplat - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 1040894: Olivier Radot - Production Design - Art
- 1769927: Nathalie Roubaud - Set Decoration - Art
- 1374470: Corinne Devaux - Choreographer - Crew
- 19986: Christophe Beaucarne - Director of Photography - Camera
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Audrey Tautou is actually quite impressive here as the legendary French designer, but the rest of this rather blandly photographed melodrama is really more about her love life than her career. She's born Gabrielle and having left the orphanage in which she was abandoned with sister A ....
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