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22/04/2009 Drama, History 1h 50m
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Before she was France's famous mademoiselle…

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.

  1. Anne Fontaine

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Audrey Tautou

    Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel

  2. Benoît Poelvoorde

    Étienne Balsan

  3. Alessandro Nivola

    Arthur 'Boy' Capel

  4. Marie Gillain

    Adrienne Chanel

  5. Emmanuelle Devos

    Émilienne d'Alençon

  6. Régis Royer

    Alec, Jockey

  7. Étienne Bartholomeus

    Balsan Butler

  8. Yan Duffas

    Maurice de Nexon

  9. Fabien Béhar

    Shop Boss

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-04-10
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 Adrienne (Marie Gillain), takes a job as a seamstress and supplements that with some cabaret work. Clearly she has skill - at both, but it's her charms at the latter that interest the wealthy Baron Balsan (Benoît Poelvoorde). His name and association opens many doors for this aspiring woman but she tends to look up...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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