Coco Before Chanel
(2009)
★ 6.9 IMDb · 1,051 votes
Year: 2009
Runtime: 110 мин
Country: Belgium, France
Director: Anne Fontaine
Cast: Одри Тоту, Бенуа Пульворд, Алессандро Нивола, Marie Gillain, Эмманюэль Девос, Régis Royer, Étienne Bartholomeus, Yan Duffas, Фабьен Беар, Roch Leibovici
Plot
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.
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, adopting the nickname Coco from her father in early childhood. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entrée into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing increasingly popular hats. When she falls in love with English businessman Arthur Capel further opportunities open up, though life becomes ever more complicated.