The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 20 nominations total
Etienne Bartholomeus
- Maître d'hôtel Balsan
- (as Étienne Bartholomeus)
Fabien Béhar
- Patron boutique
- (as Fabien Behar)
Emilie Gavois-Kahn
- Couturière remplaçante
- (as Émilie Gavois-Kahn)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCoco Chanel lived at the Hotel Ritz, in Paris, from 1934 to 1971. The Coco Chanel Suite was named after her in her memory.
- GoofsWhen Boy allows Coco Chanel to drive the car, and the car stops, she steps out wearing a white scarf that she wasn't wearing when she got into the car.
- Quotes
Étienne Balsan: A woman who cuts her hair, is about to change her life.
Featured review
A wonderful atmosphere, but...
I love Chanel. I can't actually afford the clothes, but that won't stop me from liking them. Just like reading one or two bad reviews didn't stop me from wanting to see 'Coco Avant Chanel'.
The first part of the movie seemed very promising. It didn't take me long to like Coco's character, and everything seemed to have a reasonable pace. Then the movie zooms in on Coco's relationship with 'Boy' and you keep hoping things get interesting, but they don't.
I spent most of the movie admiring the wonderful atmosphere while the lovebirds exchanged meaningful looks. I would have liked this movie more if it paid more attention to things like Coco's hat shop, rather than a relationship of which we all know the ending anyway.
The best thing about this movie is the wonderful atmosphere, but if you don't like slow romance you can skip this one.
The first part of the movie seemed very promising. It didn't take me long to like Coco's character, and everything seemed to have a reasonable pace. Then the movie zooms in on Coco's relationship with 'Boy' and you keep hoping things get interesting, but they don't.
I spent most of the movie admiring the wonderful atmosphere while the lovebirds exchanged meaningful looks. I would have liked this movie more if it paid more attention to things like Coco's hat shop, rather than a relationship of which we all know the ending anyway.
The best thing about this movie is the wonderful atmosphere, but if you don't like slow romance you can skip this one.
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- Also known as
- Коко до Шанель
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $23,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,113,834
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $406,768
- Sep 27, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $50,812,934
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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