Coco avant Chanel

Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel in original French) is a 2009 French cinema film directed by Anne Fontaine, about the life of the famed French fashion designer Coco Chanel. The film was released in April, 2009 in France and went on to international release. To date it has grossed more than $28 million. The film is currently in limited release by Sony Pictures Classics in the United States (L.A and New York), but will be more widely released... more

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  • 2009

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  • 1 h 50 min

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  • Coco before Chanel

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Anne Fontaine

Anne Fontaine (born in Luxembourg, 1959) is a filmmaker and screenwriter who used to be an actor. She lives and works in France. Born Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc, sister of actor Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, she went as a young child to live in Lisbon, where her father, Antoine Sibertin-Blanc, is a...

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