COCO Before Chanel
A film by Anne Fontaine
2009 - France - Drama
In an orphanage, silently standing next to a perfectly made bed, is a frail and slender ten year old girl with thick black hair. Gabrielle Chanel, known as Coco, and her many lives. The story of the path taken by Coco from her obscure beginnings to the blinding lights of Paris.



Coco Audrey Tautou
Balsan Benoît Poelvoorde
Boy Capel Alessandro Nivola
Gabrielle Chanel's sister Marie Gillain
Emilienne d'Alençon Emmanuelle Devos
ProducersCaroline Benjo | Haut & Court
Carole Scotta | Haut & Court
Simon Arnal | Haut & Court
Philippe Carcassonne | Ciné@
ScreenplayAnne Fontaine
Camille Fontaine
CinematographyChristophe Beaucarne
Inspired from "L'Irrégulière" by Edmonde Charles-Roux
Format 35mm - Scope
Length 110 min
Domestic release : Warner Bros