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Coco Before Chanel

Before she was France's famous mademoiselle…

6.9(1,059)20091h 50m5

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French
  • based on novel or book
  • based on true story
  • fashion designer
  • wealth
  • period drama
  • social status
  • woman director
  • 1900s
  • belle epoque
  • 1890s

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Belgium, France

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)PG-1325 Sept 2009
    • TheatricalPG-136 Nov 2009
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical12A31 Jul 2009
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical25 Jun 2009
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical25 Sept 2009
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical27 Aug 2009
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical613 Aug 2009
  • BelgiumBE

    • TheatricalAL22 Apr 2009
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival25 Sept 2009
    • Theatrical1430 Oct 2009
  • BulgariaBG

    • Theatrical2 Oct 2009
  • ColombiaCO

    • Theatrical9 Oct 2009
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical12+26 Jun 2009
  • DenmarkDK

    • TheatricalA11 Dec 2009

Frequently asked questions

Coco Before Chanel was released on 22 April 2009.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    4/10/2024

    6/10

    Audrey Tautou is actually quite impressive here as the legendary French designer, but the rest of this rather blandly photographed melodrama is really more about her love life than her career. She's born Gabrielle and having left the orphanage in which she was abandoned with sister Adrienne (Marie Gillain), takes a job as a seamstress and supplements that with some cabaret work. Clearly she has skill - at both, but i…

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