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Anne Fontaine’s Coco Before Chanel gives us Belle Époque Coco, opening in 1893 with a grim scene of the 10-year-old waif and her sister unceremoniously dumped at an orphanage and ending around World ...

More sentimental than chic, Gallic biopic “Coco Before Chanel” nonetheless knits a convincing portrait of the designer’s journey from her humble beginnings as a provincial seamstress to the halls of ...

“True to its title, ‘Coco Before Chanel’ chronicles the early life of the woman who would become perhaps the single most influential figure in 20th-century fashion,” writes the New York Times’ A.O.

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In August we got "Valentino: The Last Emperor, " a documentary about Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani. A month later came "The September Issue, " another doc, about Vogue magazine editor ...

In Lagerfeld Confidential the documentary about the life of the man who has been at the helm of Chanel for nigh on a quarter of a century, he is heard remarking as he cherry picks costume jewellery (a ...

As one of this year’s most highly anticipated films to reach the box office from France, Anne Fontaine’s latest feature film will both enchant and disappoint its audience. The witty yet slow moving ...

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Spectacle, a love triangle, heritage settings, bravura acting, witty dialogue, a bittersweet finale: There's something for everyone in Anne Fontaine's "Coco Before Chanel." By Bernard Besserglik, The ...

Coco Before Chanel is the story of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who began her life as a headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey became the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman ...