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Coco Before Chanel is a french film of genre Drama directed by Anne Fontaine released in USA on 6 november 2009 with Audrey Tautou

Coco Before Chanel (2009)

Coco Before Chanel
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Released in USA 6 november 2009
Length 1h50
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Historical,    Romance
Themes La mode
Rating67% 3.351913.351913.351913.351913.35191

Coco Before Chanel (original title Coco avant Chanel) is a 2009 French film about the early life of famed French fashion designer Coco Chanel. French actor Audrey Tautou stars as Chanel. Coco avant Chanel was directed and co-written by actor turned director Anne Fontaine.

The film was first released in April 2009 in France. As of 21 December that year, it had grossed $43,832,376 worldwide. The production budget was $23 million.

Instead of releasing Coco Before Chanel in the United States itself, Warner Bros. Pictures let Sony Pictures Classics handle the release there. The film grossed $6 million in the United States.

Coco Before Chanel was nominated for four BAFTA Awards, three European Film Awards, six César Awards and the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

Synopsis

Several years after leaving the orphanage where her father abandoned her, a young Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She is 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 the charismatic Baron Balsan (Belgian actor Benoît Poelvoorde) gives her an entry into French high society, and a chance to develop her gift for designing increasingly popular hats.

Actors

Audrey Tautou

(Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel)
Benoît Poelvoorde

(Etienne Balsan)
Alessandro Nivola

(Arthur "Boy" Capel)
Marie Gillain

(Adrienne Chanel)
Claude Brécourt

(Director Alcazar)
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