Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky - based on Chris Greenhalgh's 'Coco & Igor' - pays tribute to the life of Coco after Chanel and as revealed in the title explores the electric relationship between the French fashion icon and the radical Russian-born composer. The two meet at the disastrous premier of Stravinsky's controversial The Rite of Spring a performance that mesmerises Chanel but due to a riot like reception leaves Stravinsky inconsolable. It takes 7 years before they meet again in Paris - now Chanel is both rich and respected whereas Stravinsky is living in exile as a penniless refugee. There is an immediate powerful attraction and she decides to shelter Stravinsky offering him her villa 'Bel Respiro' as a sanctuary for his composing as Chanel herself begins creating the revolutionary iconic perfume No5. Stravinsky moves in straight away with his children and consumptive wife. And so a passionate fiery love affair between two creative giants commence...
Based on true events veteran French filmmaker Eric Rohmer presents a compelling tale of intrigue set against the political turmoil of pre-World War 2 Europe. With Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany growing in power and Spain in the grip of a Civil War urbane White Russian general Fyodor Voronin and his Greek wife Arsinoe are caught in the mood of uncertainty. An emigre living in Paris the shrewd and seductive Fyodor's true allegiances are shrouded in mystery even to his devoted wife;
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