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Coco avant Chanel
Title:
Coco avant Chanel
Summary:
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.
Other Title:
Title from English subtitles: Coco before Chanel
Year Published:
2010

2009-2010
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:
Loosely adapted from the book L'Irrégulière by Edmonde Charles-Roux.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.

DVD Release date: Feb. 16, 2010.

Special features (French with optional English subtitles): audio commentary by Anne Fontaine; Coco avant Chanel: La recontre (18 min.); the making of Coco avant Chanel (46 min.).
UPC:
065935833499
Publisher:
Montréal, Québec : Alliance Vivafilm, 2010.