Coco Avant Chanel – Taking The Fashion World By Storm
COCO Chanel had quite a life, but you’ll only find the prologue to it here. Coco Avant Chanel; (Coco before Chanel), deals with the fashion designer’s early years, before she became an institution and a legend.
As a child, Chanel was deposited in a Catholic orphanage by her father. With one of her sisters (Marie Gillain), she worked as a seamstress and did cabaret acts at night.
With the help of the wealthy, well-connected Etienne Balsan (Benoit Poelvoorde), Chanel started to find a place for herself. Another wealthy admirer, Arthur “Boy” Capel (Alessandro Nivola), a self-made Englishman, also became a lover and supporter.
She began by designing hats, and then started to extend herself, remaking the idea of what defines masculine and feminine style. She was her own best model.
Audrey Tautou who is best known for her cute and extremely lovable character in ‘Amelie’ takes on the role of Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel and I am so very much looking forward to seeing her in what has been described as a beautiful little piece of French escapism, a real-life rags to riches tale, an impossible love story and a fashion revolution.
Coco Avant Chanel is co-written and directed by Anne Fontaine, and is in European & Australian theatres everywhere, the film hits UK theatres on 31st July 2009.
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