COCO BEFORE CHANEL 9 Clips with Audrey Tautou
Check out 9 clips from COCO BEFORE CHANEL starring Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola, Benoît Poelvoorde, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos, and directed by Anne Fontaine.
Coco Before Chanel Synopsis: Audrey Tautou (THE DAVINCI CODE, AMELIE) plays the legendary "Coco" Chanel in an enthralling exploration of her early life before she rose to worldwide fame as the most celebrated fashion designer of the 20th Century. We meet the young Gabrielle Chanel, illegitimate daughter of a traveling salesman who learns to sew in a Catholic orphanage before following her singing ambitions lead her to a cabaret club. It is here where Chanel earns the nickname Coco and also where she catches the eye of several high society gentlemen who would ignite her passion and become instrumental in the development of her remarkable career.
You can also read my review for Coco Before Chanel and interviews with Audrey Tautou and director Anne Fontaine.
Coco Before Chanel comes out to theaters tomorrow, September 25, 2009. Watch the 9 clips below.
Coco Before Chanel Director ANNE FONTAINE Interview
September 23, 2009 by Sandie
Filed under Interviews
A few weeks back, I got a chance to participate in a roundtable with COCO BEFORE CHANEL director Anne Fontaine.
She talked about her decision to focus on the early years of Coco Chanel, working with Audrey Tautou, the creation of the costumes, and much more.
Coco Before Chanel comes out to theaters this Friday, September 25, 2009, but until then, enjoy the interview below.
Why are you so interested in Coco Chanel?
Anne Fontaine: I think it was when I was very young I had the luck to meet Chanel's last assistant, Lilou Marquand, who worked with her a long time and who also lived with her. She was very close to Gabrielle Chanel and I heard about this for a long time, since I was very young. I felt very curious about her because she was so original for her time, so new. At this point I didn't think about doing a movie about her but I was impressed, like a personality, like someone who is very complex and it's very incredible, this success story and then this tragedy underneath. At the beginning, also she was so poor. I knew, as everyone, Chanel as this old woman, very tough, cigarettes but when you discover who she was at the beginning, a courtesan; it's amazing what she has built with her own destiny. It was revolutionary for a woman of this time.
When did you decide to focus on the early years of Coco Chanel?
Anne Fontaine: Well, when we had the idea to do the movie I felt immediately that I had to make a choice on a part of her life because she lived a long time. Eighty seven years old. I didn't want to make a film of her whole life. I prefer to read through her and inside of her and not express every part. I thought the use of Chanel even for the French was more unknown, mysterious. Many people, they don't know about who she was and for me to explore that, gave me some more freedom and I very much like the relationship she had with these two men, Etienne Balsan and Arthur Capel.
I thought also that the fashion at this moment was on the life, not on her life, not on the shows, fashion shows. That doesn't interest me. It's better to find out how she creates her style on herself first, how she needs to create because she was so poor. She had two dresses and the way that she transforms the dresses, it was more interesting and creative for me. Also, how her vocation came to her. She never dreamed to be a stylist. She didn't care. She thought to sew was for common women, which was not for someone like her. She dreamed in another destiny. She wanted to be an art performer.
An actress, a singer. I like the idea that somebody who is so famous, like a French icon that never dreamed to be...she had no idea that this fashion would be what made her famous. She only knew how to sew because she was always poor. She learned that. She had a lot of talent with that, but she didn't imagine, she had no idea of her future, that it was on her and she became the new way to be a woman.
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Review
September 23, 2009 by Sandie
Filed under Movie Reviews
I recently got a chance to see Anne Fontaine's film Coco Before Chanel, which comes out to theaters this Friday, September 25, 2009.
The film follows the life of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (played by Audrey Tautou) before she became the iconic Coco Chanel. We learn about the two most important men in her life, Etienne Balsan (played by Benoît Poelvoorde), a rich racehorse owner, who became her lover, and Boy Capel (played by Alessandro Nivola), the love of her life, who helped her along the way.
The problem with films based on someone's life is that sometimes they might end up boring. Let's face it, not everyone's life is interesting enough to become a movie and even if it is, the filmmaker needs to make sure they are telling a story and not just recounting events.
I think that Anne Fontaine achieved that. While Coco Before Chanel is based on a real story, the film would still work even if it wasn't because it is so well put together. In fact, Coco Before Chanel is really a love story, a tragic one, but a love story none the less.
COCO BEFORE CHANEL (Coco Avant Chanel) English Trailer
Check out the trailer for COCO BEFORE CHANEL starring Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola, Benoît Poelvoorde, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos, and directed by Anne Fontaine.
We finally get an English trailer for Coco Before Chanel, but I have to say that I liked the French one way better (which you can watch here). I think it shows a lot more. I'm still very excited to see the movie though.
Coco Before Chanel will be released to limited theaters on September 25, 2009. Watch the trailer below.
Coco Before Chanel Synopsis: Audrey Tautou (THE DAVINCI CODE, AMELIE) plays the legendary "Coco" Chanel in an enthralling exploration of her early life before she rose to worldwide fame as the most celebrated fashion designer of the 20th Century. We meet the young Gabrielle Chanel, illegitimate daughter of a traveling salesman who learns to sew in a Catholic orphanage before following her singing ambitions lead her to a cabaret club. It is here where Chanel earns the nickname Coco and also where she catches the eye of several high society gentlemen who would ignite her passion and become instrumental in the development of her remarkable career.
COCO AVANT CHANEL Trailer
Check out the French trailer for the movie COCO AVANT CHANEL (Coco Before Chanel) starring Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola, Benoît Poelvoorde, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos, and directed by Anne Fontaine.
I just love Audrey Tautou and so it's really exciting to see her in such an interesting part. And it's also pretty fun to see Alessandro Nivola especially since he's speaking French. Plus I've been a fan of his for years.
As for Benoît Poelvoorde so far I have only seen him in funny parts, so I'm curious to see him in something a little more serious.
The trailer for Coco Avant Chanel looks pretty amazing if you ask me. I cannot wait to see it. And since the trailer is in French and there are no subtitles, I translated pretty much everything that is said for you. You can find the translation at the bottom below the trailer.
Enjoy and let me know what you think. Will you go see Coco Avant Chanel when it comes out?
Coco Avant Chanel will be released to theaters in France on April 22, 2009. No US release date yet. Watch the trailer below.
