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Coco Before Chanel

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    Feature Film | 2008-2009 | Drama, Love, Period | France

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    Brief synopsis

    A little girl in the middle of France is put in an orphanage with her sister. She waits in vain every Sunday for her father to come and get her. She becomes a café singer, with a weak voice, who puts up each night with an audience of drunken soldiers. Next she's a little seamstress destined to fix hems in the back of a provincial tailor's shop. From there she becomes a trainee courtesan, her body too thin, who finds refuge with her protector Etienne Balsan, among the other women plying her trade and all the revellers. She's a lover who knows that she'll be "no one's wife," not even Boy Capel's, the man who loves her as much as she loves him. She's a rebel whom the conventions of the time prevent from breathing, and who dresses in her lovers' shirts. This is the story of Coco Chanel, who embodied the modern woman before inventing her.

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    Audrey TautouGabrielle 'Coco' Chanel [L]Stephanie Kellner
    Benoît PoelvoordeÉtienne Balsan [L]Tobias Lelle
    Marie GillainAdrienne Chanel [L]Kathrin Gaube
    Emmanuelle DevosEmilienne d'Alençon [SR]Elisabeth Günther
    Alessandro NivolaArthur 'Boy' Capel [SR]Manou Lubowski
    Roch LeiboviciStallknecht [SR]
    Marthe DrouinLa chanteuse du beuglant [SR]
    Fabien BéharPatron boutique [SR]
    Kim SchwarckViolette [SR]
    div [SR]Nina Kapust

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    1st ADJoseph Rapp
    Director of photographyChristophe Beaucarne
    Casting directorAntonia Dauphin
    Costume designerCatherine Leterrier
    Costumer / wardrobeDaniela Telle
    DirectorAnne Fontaine
    Script supervisorAgathe Grau
    EditorLuc Barnier
    ComposerAlexandre Desplat
    ProducerSimon Arnal
    ProducerCaroline Benjo
    ProducerCarole Scotta
    ProducerPhilippe Carcassone
    Production designerOlivier Radot
    Location scoutFabien Pondevaux
    Production managerFrédéric Blum
    Unit manager (local system)Vincent Lefeuvre
    Production assistantLaurent Perrot
    ScreenwriterAnne Fontaine
    ScreenwriterCamille Fontaine
    Co-writerJacques Fieschi
    Co-writerChristopher Hampton
    Script translatorTanja Frank
    Dialoge (FR>DE)
    Dialoge (FR>DE)
    Subtitle translationTanja Frank
    (FR>DE)
    (FR>DE)
    Adr recordistDagmar Robbers
    ADR
    ADR
    ChoreographerCorinne Devaux

    Distribution / Sales companies

    CompanyComment
    Playtime [fr]
    World Sales
    World Sales
    Warner Bros. France [fr]
    France (theatrical)
    France (theatrical)
    Warner Bros. Pictures Germany [de]
    Germany (theatrical)
    Germany (theatrical)

    Awards

    Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
    Audrey Tautou2010BAFTA [uk]
    Best Leading Actress
    Best Leading ActressNominated
    Catherine Leterrier2010BAFTA [uk]
    Best Costume Design
    Best Costume DesignNominated
    Catherine Leterrier2010César Awards [f]
    Best Costume Design
    Best Costume DesignWinner
    Catherine Leterrier2010Academy Awards (Oscar) [us]
    Costume Design
    Costume DesignNominated

    TV-broadcast

    TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
    RepeatFranceTF1 [fr]Sunday, 14/03/2021, 9.05 PMTF1 Séries Films

    Cinema releases and premieres

    TypeCountryDateComment
    Theatre releaseGermanyThursday, 13/08/2009
    Theatre releaseFranceWednesday, 22/04/2009