Anne Fontaine's 'Coco before Chanel' tells the rags to riches story of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, a girl who dared to be different and ended up becoming a symbol of wealth, success and style.
Gabrielle began life in an orphanage run by nuns, where she learnt needlework. After leaving the convent, she avoided becoming a seamstress and instead tried to flee the restrictions she was born with and began singing in a provincial bar, earning her the nickname Coco.
This bar is where she met Étienne Balsan, a rich Baron who was captivated by the headstrong,... beautiful girl he saw. As Baron Balsan's lover, Coco was catapulted into French society and the attention she got helped her to develop her unique talent for flamboyant design. But when the Baron introduced her to the handsome Arthur Capel, a wealthy English businessman, the two start an affair that shatters society's conventions and threatens to ruin her!
Audrey Tautou stars in this biopic of Gabrielle Chanel, who began her life as a headstrong orphan, only to become the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. From humble beginnings to the heights of society, this is the astonishing story of Gabrielle Chanel, the legendary couturier who became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style. Orphaned at a young age, Coco Chanel was raised in a convent school, where she learned to embroider and sew. Bored and dissatisfied with the living she could earn as a seamstress, she began singing in backstreet cafés and bars, where she attracted the attention of Étienne Balsan, a rich gentleman who immediately became intrigued by the stubborn, striking young ingénue. Swept up in her rich lover's world, Coco soon drew the eyes of society towards her with her unique, elegant style in a time of flamboyance and excess. Just as controversial was the passionate love affair in which she became embroiled, which shattered the conventions of her society - a love so dangerous and forbidden it threatened to destroy her. Also featuring Benoît Poelvoorde (Man Bites Dog) and Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park, The Eye), Coco Before Chanel stars Audrey Tautou (Amelie, The Da Vinci Code) as Coco, the woman who dared to be different and became an icon!
Lavish biopic recounting the life and work of legendary French fashion designer Coco Chanel, from her humble beginnings in an Auvergne orphanage in the late 1800s after being abandoned by her pedlar father. Audrey Tatou stars in the title role as Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, whose inspiration and determination eventually took her to the most elevated position in the male-dominated fashion industry.
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