Coco Before Chanel

2009 · Directed by Anne Fontaine · 106 min · drama film, biographical film, romance film

★ 6.9/10 · 1,053 ratings on TMDB

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.