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22 April 2009 (Belgium) moreTagline:
Before she was France's famous mademoiselle...Plot:
The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Four nominated for the European Film Award (From MovieScore Magazine. 9 November 2009, 3:02 AM, PST)
'Slumdog Millionaire' Grabs Five Nods at 2009 European Film Awards
(From Aceshowbiz. 9 November 2009, 12:27 AM, PST)
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Coco before Chanel more (24 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Audrey Tautou | ... | Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel |
 | Benoît Poelvoorde | ... | Étienne Balsan |
 | Alessandro Nivola | ... | Arthur 'Boy' Capel |
 | Marie Gillain | ... | Adrienne Chanel |
| Emmanuelle Devos | ... | Emilienne d'Alençon |
| Régis Royer | ... | Alec, le jockey |
| Etienne Bartholomeus | ... | Maître d'hôtel Balsan |
| Yan Duffas | ... | Maurice de Nexon |
| Fabien Béhar | ... | Patron boutique |
| Roch Leibovici | ... | Jean, le palefrenier |
| Jean-Yves Chatelais | ... | Directeur beuglant |
| Pierre Diot | ... | Acteur théâtre |
| Vincent Nemeth | ... | Gros homme théâtre |
| Bruno Abraham-Kremer | ... | Tailleur Deauville |
| Lisa Cohen | ... | Gabrielle Chanel, 10 ans |
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Coco Before Chanel (UK) (USA)Untitled Coco Chanel Project (France) (working title)
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Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:15 | Ireland:12A | Hong Kong:IIA | USA:PG-13 (certificate #45445) | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Japan:G | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Canada:G (Québec) | Sweden:Btl | Australia:PGFun Stuff
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From 1934 to 1971 Coco Chanel made the Hotel Ritz, Paris, France her home. A suite, in honor of her memory, has been named after her: the Coco Chanel Suite. moreFAQ
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"Coco before Chanel" is exactly that; the life of an impoverished girl up until the start of what became a fashion empire.
This I must say is a different kind of a biopic. There was some sort of subtleness about it, everything was going too slow and not much was happening in terms of demonstrating that this hopeless little girl from nowhere had this extraordinary talent for cloth-making. Yes we did see her advocating simplicity in times of great extravagance and even dressing up (probably) her first clients but had the viewer not been aware of the brand "Chanel" he or she would have to wait until the finishing titles to realise Coco turned out to become a fashion icon.
If there is one thing about Coco is that she was a rebel; in a late 19th century puritan society she stood up for what she believed, refused to get married and instead of settling for a wedlock with a rich spouse she chose to live the adventure, go to Paris and start up a hat shop.
It seems however that her rebellious nature extended to her design skills. To use her own words: "Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance." Coco Chanel always kept the clothing she designed simple, comfortable and revealing. Unlike most designers in that Europe, she kept the woman inside the clothes at the center of her creations. "I gave women a sense of freedom; I gave them back their bodies: bodies that were drenched in sweat, due to fashion's finery, lace, corsets, underclothes, padding." Perhaps it was fate or desperation from her impoverished upbringing but the affair with the playboy millionaire and, later, his best friend were pivotal to give her the push she needed to make a start. Though not an expert on French upper class culture but were quite impressed how civilized and elegant the two men were when it came to loving and pursuing the same woman.
All in all a decent film but no wow factor.