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Coco Before Chanel

Original title: Coco avant Chanel

Before she was France's famous mademoiselle…

2009 · PG-13 · 1h 50m

Directed by Anne Fontaine

6.9

TMDB audience score
1,060 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Audrey Tautou
    Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel

  • Benoît Poelvoorde
    Étienne Balsan

  • Alessandro Nivola
    Arthur 'Boy' Capel

  • Marie Gillain
    Adrienne Chanel

  • Emmanuelle Devos
    Émilienne d'Alençon

  • Régis Royer
    Alec, Jockey

  • Étienne Bartholomeus
    Balsan Butler

  • Yan Duffas
    Maurice de Nexon

  • Fabien Béhar
    Shop Boss

  • Roch Leibovici
    Jean, Groom

  • Jean-Yves Chatelais
    Bellowing Director

  • Pierre Diot
    Actor in the Theater

  • Vincent Nemeth
    Fat Man in the Theater

  • Bruno Abraham-Kremer
    Tailor in Deauville

  • Lisa Cohen
    Gabrielle Chanel, 10 Years Old

  • Inès Bessalem
    Adrienne Chanel, 10 Years Old

  • Marie-Bénédicte Roy
    Shop Client

  • Émilie Gavois-Kahn
    Replacement Seamstress