Coco Before Chanel
Synopsis
A 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.
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Director (1)
Actors (24)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producers : Haut et Court, Ciné-@
- Co-productions : Warner Bros. (France), France 2 Cinéma
- Foreign production company : SCOPE Pictures
- Film exports/foreign sales : Playtime
- French distribution : Warner Bros. (France)
Full credits (22)
- Executive Producers : Philippe Carcassonne, Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Simon Arnal
- Screenwriters : Anne Fontaine, Camille Fontaine
- Director of Photography : Christophe Beaucarne
- Music Composer : Alexandre Desplat
- Assistant Director : Joseph Rapp
- Editor : Luc Barnier
- Sound Recordist : Nicolas Cantin
- Costume designer : Catherine Leterrier
- Author of original work : Edmonde Charles-Roux
- Associate producer : Geneviève Lemal
- Assistant Operator : Emmanuel de Fleury
- Production Manager : Frédéric Blum
- Press Attaché (film) : André-Paul Ricci
- Sound editors : Sylvain Malbrant, Claire-Anne Largeron, Jean-Claude Laureux
- Continuity supervisor : Agathe Grau
- Production Designer : Olivier Radot
- Casting : Brigitte Moidon, Pascale Béraud
- Choreographer : Corinne Devaux
- Make-up Artist : Thi than tu Nguyen
- Sound mixers : Vincent Cosson, Dominique Gaborieau
- Still Photographer : Chantal Thomine Desmazures
- Location Manager : Vincent Lefeuvre
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Biopic, Portrait, Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- 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
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : None
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News & awards
News (37)
Selections (16)
Awards (1)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2010
César Award for Best Costume Design : Catherine Leterrier
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