Coco Before Chanel

• 6.899 Drama
• 2009-04-22
• 110 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Audrey Tautou (Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel) Benoît Poelvoorde (Etienne Balsan) Alessandro Nivola (Arthur 'Boy' Capel) Marie Gillain (Adrienne Chanel) Emmanuelle Devos (Emilienne d'Alençon) Régis Royer (Alec, Jockey) Étienne Bartholomeus (Balsan Butler) Yan Duffas (Maurice de Nexon) Fabien Béhar (Shop Boss) Roch Leibovici (Jean, Groom)

Director:

Anne Fontaine

Writer:

Anne Fontaine Camille Fontaine