Coco Before ChanelDirected by Anne Fontaine
Produced by Haut et Court, Ciné@
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 50 min
French release : 22/04/2009
Production year : 2009
DirectorActorsSynopsisA little girl in the middle of France is put in an orphanage with her sister. She waits in vain every Sunday for her father to come and get her. She becomes a café singer, with a weak voice, who puts up each night with an audience of drunken soldiers. Next she's a little seamstress destined to fix hems in the back of a provincial tailor's shop. From there she becomes a trainee courtesan, her body too thin, who finds refuge with her protector Etienne Balsan, among the other women plying her trade and all the revellers. She's a lover who knows that she'll be "no one's wife," not even Boy Capel's, the man who loves her as much as she loves him. She's a rebel whom the conventions of the time prevent from breathing, and who dresses in her lovers' shirts. This is the story of Coco Chanel, who embodied the modern woman before inventing her. Videos   COCO AVANT CHANELProduction photos (7) Coco Before Chanel @ Haut et Court - Cine@ - Warnerbros. Ent. France et France 2  Coco Before Chanel @ Haut et Court - Cine@ - Warnerbros. Ent. France et France 2  Coco Before Chanel @ Haut et Court - Cine@ - Warnerbros. Ent. France et France 2  Coco Before Chanel @ Haut et Court - Cine@ - Warnerbros. Ent. France et France 2  Coco Before Chanel @ Haut et Court - Cine@ - Warnerbros. Ent. France et France 2  Coco Before Chanel @ Haut et Court - Cine@ - Warnerbros. Ent. France et France 2
Posters gallery (9)Press book (1)Production and distributionAssociate production company : Haut et Court, Ciné@
Co-production : Warner Bros.Entertainment, France 2 Cinéma
Foreign production company : Scope Pictures
Film export/Foreign Sales : Films Distribution
French distribution : Warner Bros.Entertainment
Full creditsExecutive Producers : Philippe Carcassonne, Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Simon Arnal-Szlovak
Assistant Director : Joseph Rapp
Author of original work : Edmonde Charles-Roux
Associate Producer : Geneviève Lemal
Screenwriters : Anne Fontaine, Camille Fontaine
Director of Photography : Christophe Beaucarne
Sound Recordists : Nicolas Cantin, Jean-Claude Laureux, Dominique Gaborieau
Production Manager : Frédéric Blum
Press Attaché (film) : André-Paul Ricci
Editor : Luc Barnier
Continuity supervisor : Agathe Grau
Production Designer : Olivier Radot
Music Composer : Alexandre Desplat
Casting : Brigitte Moidon
Choreographer : Corinne Devaux
Costume Designer : Catherine Leterrier
Make-up Artist : Thi than tu nGuyen
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Portrait, Drama
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2009
French release : 22/04/2009
Runtime : 1 h 50 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 121.049
Visa issue date : 10/04/2009
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
Sound format : Dolby SRD
Official website : www.cocoavantchanel.fr
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