Coco avant Chanel [videorecording] = Coco before Chanel / Haut et Court, Cine @ et Warner Bros. Pictures presentent une coproduction Haut et Court ... [et al.] ; scenario, Anne Fontaine et Camille Fontaine avec la collaboration de Christopher Hampton et Jacques Fieschi ; image, Christophe Beaucarne ; produit par Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta, Philippe Carcassonne, Simon Arnal ; un film de Anne Fontaine.
Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos. Adapted from the novel L'irreguliere by Edmonde Charles-Roux. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009. Special features: Commentary with writer/director Anne Fontaine with optional English subtitles; The making of Coco before Chanel; Coco before Chanel: the meeting; Walking the red carpet: from Los Angeles to New York.
Summary:
Years after being abandoned at an orphanage by her father, Gabrielle Chanel finds a job in a tailor shop where she meets, and soon begins an affair with French millionaire Etienne Balsan. Through Baron Balsan she is introduced into French society and given the opportunity to design her own style of hats. Though her career takes off, her personal life becomes more complicated when she falls in love with Balsan's former best friend Arthur Capel.
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