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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.
Events
December 22nd , 1919, Arthur Capel dies in a car crash on his way to meet Coco Chanel
Directed by Anne Fontaine
Starring Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain