Film

Coco Before Chanel

Name: Coco Before Chanel
Director: Anne Fontaine
Released: 2009
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos

2009 · 110 min · ★ 6.9 · Dir. Anne Fontaine

Before she was France's famous mademoiselle…

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. 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.