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Coco avant Chanel
2009 Biography / Drama
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This was supposed to be a film
about a working woman who came from orphanage and made it to the top
without a man, the story of the world famous Coco Chanel. When
one thinks of Coco Chanel, one thinks of admiration, stark elegance and
the little black dress. Surely this woman had to fight her way to
the top? Surely she had rivals and critics? Wouldn’t it be
interesting to know about that, about how this workaholic of immovable
countenance took all that criticism deep down? That’s what I
thought too. Well this film won’t explain that for you.
Aside from the acting, which is generally good, the film lacks any sort
of climax or emotional insight and has an ending so abrupt and
meaningless that you wonder where the director was going in the first
place. It’s a typical love story that didn’t even make me cry (and I
cry in commercials advertising the Olympic games). Informative,
but a big disappointment.
Victoria (Langely) 
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Director:
Anne Fontaine
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Benoît Poelvoorde, Emmanuelle Devos Synopsis
A small girl in an orphanage waits in vain for her father to collect
her and her sister. An adolescent sings too quietly for her
audience, made up of drunken soldiers, to hear her. A young
seamstress makes a meagre living in a tailor’s shop in a provincial
town. A naive courtesan, too thin for her trade, seeks the
protection of one man. Here is a modern woman, a woman who
refuses to belong to anyone, not even the man she loves. This is
the story of Coco Chanel, before she became the world’s best known
fashion designer...
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