Coco Before Chanel

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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  Anne Fontaine

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  Audrey Tautou
  Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel
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  Benoît Poelvoorde
  Étienne Balsan
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  Alessandro Nivola
  Arthur 'Boy' Capel
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  Marie Gillain
  Adrienne Chanel
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  Emmanuelle Devos
  Émilienne d'Alençon
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  Régis Royer
  Alec, Jockey
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  Étienne Bartholomeus
  Balsan Butler
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  Yan Duffas
  Maurice de Nexon
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  Fabien Béhar
  Shop Boss
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  Roch Leibovici
  Jean, Groom
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  Jean-Yves Chatelais
  Bellowing Director
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  Pierre Diot
  Actor in the Theater
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  Vincent Nemeth
  Fat Man in the Theater
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  Bruno Abraham-Kremer
  Tailor in Deauville
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  Lisa Cohen
  Gabrielle Chanel, 10 Years Old
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  Inès Bessalem
  Adrienne Chanel, 10 Years Old
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  Marie-Bénédicte Roy
  Shop Client
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  Émilie Gavois-Kahn
  Replacement Seamstress
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  Fanny Deblock
  Balsan Prostitute
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  Claude Brécourt
  Director Alcazar