Today’s movie is a
biographical drama with a scene that happens on December 21. Watch it tonight and
enjoy.
COCO BEFORE
CHANEL
When she is young their father
takes his daughters Gabrielle Chanel and Adrienne Chanel to a convent school
and abandons them there. Fifteen years later the sisters sing in nightclubs,
where Gabrielle gets the nickname Coco from a song she sings. They also work as
seamstresses. Coco meets the wealthy Etienne Balsan. She is later fired from
the club and her sister becomes the mistress of a baron. After her plans to
advance her singing career falter, Coco becomes Etienne’s mistress. He
introduces her into society and she works to develop her fashion style. As her
relationship with Etienne starts to unravel, Coco meets a friend of his “Boy”
Capel. After a weekend holiday with him, she finally leaves Etienne to become
Capel’s mistress, even though he gets married to someone else. He helps her
open a dress and hat shop and they are happy for a time. Then on December 21,
1919, [1:33:25 to 1:36:20] “Boy” Capel leaves on a trip. He is killed the next
day in an auto accident. Coco goes on to become a force in the world of
fashion.
An interesting period biopic.
Tautou is of course very good as Coco. Meticulous attention to background
detail is a hallmark of this film.
Chanel: A Woman of her Own
by Axel Madsen (Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1996) at page 99 gives the
date he died
Producers - Simon Arnal, Caroline
Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne and Carole Scotta
Director - Anne Fontaine
Awards – This film was nominated
for the Best Costume Design Oscar at the 82nd Academy Awards
Screenplay - Anne Fontaine and
Camille Fontaine
Runtime – 1 hour 45 minutes
Released – April 22, 2009
Starring -
Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel
Benoît Poelvoorde as Étienne
Balsan
Alessandro Nivola as Arthur “Boy”
Capel
Marie Gillain as Adrienne Chanel
Emmanuelle Devos as Emilienne
d'Alençon
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2014.
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