Coco Before Chanel

• Movie

  Type

• 2009

  Year

• 1h 50m

  Runtime

• ★ 6.7

  Rating

• Drama / History

  Genre

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.

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Cast

Audrey Tautou

Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel

Benoît Poelvoorde

Etienne Balsan

Alessandro Nivola

Arthur "Boy" Capel

Marie Gillain

Adrienne Chanel

Emmanuelle Devos

Emilienne

Régis Royer

Alec, le jockey

Yan Duffas

Maurice de Nexon

Fabien Béhar

Patron boutique

Roch Leibovici

Jean, le palefrenier

Jean-Yves Chatelais

Directeur beuglant

Pierre Diot

Acteur théâtre

Vincent Nemeth

Gros homme théâtre