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Coco avant Chanel Coco before Chanel  Cover Image VHS VHS

Coco avant Chanel Coco before Chanel

Fontaine, Anne. (Added Author). Fontaine, Camille. (Screenwriter) (Added Author). Hampton, Christopher, 1946- (Added Author). Fieschi, Jacques, 1948- (Added Author). Desplat, Alexandre. (Added Author). Nivola, Alessandro. (Added Author). Tautou, Audrey, 1978- (Added Author). Devos, Emmanuelle. (Added Author). Gillain, Marie, 1975- (Added Author). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Sony Pictures Classics (Firm) (Added Author). Haut et Court (Firm) (Added Author). Cine-@ (Firm) (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) (Added Author). Studio Canal+. (Added Author). Cinécinéma (Firm) (Added Author). France 2 cinéma (Firm) (Added Author). Films Distribuion (Firm) (Added Author). Alessandro Nivola, Audrey Tautou, Emmanuelle Devos, Marie Gillain. (Cast).

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.

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  • Physical Description: videorecording]
    videodisc
    1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Classics : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Adapted from the novel L'irreguliere by Edmonde Charles-Roux.
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.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Image, Christophe Beaucarne ; montage, Luc Barnier ; musique original, Alexandre Desplat.
Participant or Performer Note: Alessandro Nivola, Audrey Tautou, Emmanuelle Devos, Marie Gillain.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content and smoking.
System Details Note:
DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (2.35) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Language Note:
In French, with optional subtitles in English.
Subject: Chanel, Coco -- 1883-1971
Man-woman relationships -- Drama
Businesswomen -- Drama
Fashion designers -- Drama
Orphans -- Drama
Motion pictures, French
Foreign films -- France
Video recordings
DVDs
Feature films
Film adaptations
Biographical films
France -- Drama

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Castlegar Public Library DVD FIC COC (Text) 35146001604297 DVD Fiction Not holdable Claimed Returned 2014-10-14

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.
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