| Descript |
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Music # |
VFD37325 Optimum Home Entertainment |
| Note |
Adapted from the novel L'irreguliere by Edmonde Charles-Roux. |
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Special features: Interview with Anne Fontaine and Audrey Tautou; The making of Coco before Chanel; Commentary by Anne Fountaine. |
| Cast |
Alessandro Nivola, Audrey Tautou, Emmanuelle Devos, Marie Gillain. |
| Note |
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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In French, with optional subtitles in English. |
| Subject |
Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 -- Drama.
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Successful people -- Biography -- Drama.
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Entrepreneurship -- Biography -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Businesswomen -- Drama.
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Fashion designers -- Drama.
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Orphans -- Drama.
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France -- Drama.
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Foreign films.
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| Genre |
Biographical films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films -- France.
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| Add Author |
Fontaine, Anne.
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Fontaine, Camille.
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Hampton, Christopher, 1946-
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Fieschi, Jacques, 1948-
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Benjo, Caroline.
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Desplat, Alexandre.
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Nivola, Alessandro.
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Tautou, Audrey, 1978-
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Devos, Emmanuelle.
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Gillain, Marie, 1975-
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