Coco Before Chanel
2009 biopic about the early life of Coco Chanel. Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. 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.
Drama, History
France 2 Cinéma, Haut et Court, SCOPE Invest, Ciné@, Canal+, Warner Bros., CinéCinéma, Scope Pictures, Soficapital, France 2 (FR2), Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique, Cofinova 5, Films Distribution, Banque Populaire Images 9
Audrey Tautou as Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, Benoît Poelvoorde as Etienne Balsan, Alessandro Nivola as Arthur "Boy" Capel, Marie Gillain as Adrienne Chanel, Emmanuelle Devos as Emilienne, Régis Royer as Alec, le jockey, Yan Duffas as Maurice de Nexon, Fabien Béhar as Patron boutique, Roch Leibovici as Jean, le palefrenier, Jean-Yves Chatelais as Directeur beuglant, Pierre Diot as Acteur théâtre, Vincent Nemeth as Gros homme théâtre, Bruno Abraham-Kremer as Tailleur Deauville, Inès Bessalem as Adrienne Chanel, 10 ans, Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc as Raymond, Marie Parouty as Sophie, amie d'Emilienne, Fanny Deblock as Prostituée Balsan, Claude Brécourt as Directeur Alcazar