Coco Before Chanel

Coco Before Chanel

110 mins | Drama, History | April 22, 2009

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.

Coco Before Chanel

110 mins | Drama, History | April 22, 2009

Coco Before Chanel
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers France 2 Cinéma, Haut et Court, Ciné@, SCOPE Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment France
Original title Coco avant Chanel
Directors Anne Fontaine
Writers Camille Fontaine, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Anne Fontaine

Cast

Audrey Tautou

as Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel

Benoît Poelvoorde

as Etienne Balsan

Alessandro Nivola

as Arthur "Boy" Capel

Marie Gillain

as Adrienne Chanel

Emmanuelle Devos

as Emilienne d'Alençon

Régis Royer

as Alec, jockey

Étienne Bartholomeus

as Balsan butler

Yan Duffas

as Maurice de Nexon

Fabien Béhar

as Shop boss

Roch Leibovici

as Jean, groom

Jean-Yves Chatelais

as Bellowing director

Pierre Diot

as Actor in the theater

Vincent Nemeth

as Fat man in the theater

Bruno Abraham-Kremer

as Tailor in Deauville

Lisa Cohen

as Gabrielle Chanel, 10 years old

Inès Bessalem

as Adrienne Chanel, 10 years old

Marie-Bénédicte Roy

as Shop client

Émilie Gavois-Kahn

as Replacement seamstress

Fanny Deblock

as Balsan prostitute

Claude Brécourt

as Director Alcazar

Karina Marimon

as Girl at picnic

Bruno Paviot

as Guest Balsan

Franck Monsigny

as Guest Balsan

Marie Parouty

as Sophie, friend of Emilienne

Patrick Laviosa

as Pianist bellowing at Balsan

Kim Schwarck

as Girl in Coco's Lodge

Marthe Drouin

as Bellowing singer (uncredited)

Frantz Herman

as Guest Balsan (uncredited)

Emma Jouannet

as Young walker Deauville (uncredited)

Berenice Sand

as Walker Deauville (uncredited)