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Years after being abandoned at an orphanage by her father, Gabrielle Chanel finds a job in a tailor shop where she meets, and soon begins an affair with French millionaire Etienne Balsan. Through Baron Balsan she is introduced into French society and given the opportunity to design her own style of...

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Corporate Authors: Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), Haut et Court (Firm), Cine-@ (Firm), Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Studio Canal+, Cinécinéma (Firm), France 2 cinéma (Firm), Films Distribuion (Firm)
Other Authors: Nivola, Alessandro, Tautou, Audrey, 1976-, Devos, Emmanuelle, Gillain, Marie, 1975-, Fontaine, Anne, Fontaine, Camille, Hampton, Christopher, 1946-, Fieschi, Jacques, 1948-, Desplat, Alexandre
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:French
Language Notes:In French, with optional subtitles in English.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Classics : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010.
Subjects:
Chanel, Coco, > 1883-1971 > Drama.
Businesswomen > Drama.
Fashion designers > Drama.
Orphans > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
France > Drama.
Biographical films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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Summary:Years after being abandoned at an orphanage by her father, Gabrielle Chanel finds a job in a tailor shop where she meets, and soon begins an affair with French millionaire Etienne Balsan. Through Baron Balsan she is introduced into French society and given the opportunity to design her own style of hats. Though her career takes off, her personal life becomes more complicated when she falls in love with Balsan's former best friend Arthur Capel.
Item Description:Adapted from the novel L'irreguliere by Edmonde Charles-Roux.
DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.
Special features: Walking the red carpet: from Los Angeles to New York ; Coco before Chanel "La rencontre" ; the making of Coco before Chanel ; commentary with writer/director Anne Fontaine.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 5.1 DTS-HD MA audio; 1080p High Definition; region A.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content and smoking.
Production Credits:Photography, Christophe Beaucarne ; editing, Luc Barnier ; original music, Alexandre Desplat.