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.

2009 | 1 h 45 min