Coco avant Chanel Coco before Chanel
(DVD)

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Bellevue - Adult MovieDVD 791.43 C667cWOn Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Biographical films.
Businesswomen -- Drama.
Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971.
Fashion designers -- Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Foreign films -- France.
France -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Motion pictures, French.
Orphans -- Drama.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
French
ISBN
1435992962 (liner), 9781435992962 (liner)
UPC
043396331600

Notes

General Note
DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.
General Note
Adapted from the novel L'irreguliere by Edmonde Charles-Roux.
General Note
Special features: Walking the red carpet: from Los Angeles to New York ; Coco before Chanel "La rencontre" ; the making of Coco before Chanel ; commentary with writer/director Anne Fontaine.
Creation/Production Credits
Image, Christophe Beaucarne ; montage, Luc Barnier ; musique original, Alexandre Desplat.
Participants/Performers
Alessandro Nivola, Audrey Tautou, Emmanuelle Devos, Marie Gillain.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content and smoking.
System Details
DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (2.35) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Language
In French, with optional subtitles in English.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Fontaine, A., Fontaine, C., Hampton, C., Fieschi, J., Desplat, A., Nivola, A., Tautou, A., Devos, E., & Gillain, M. (2009). Coco avant Chanel: Coco before Chanel. Sony Pictures Classics ; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Anne. Fontaine et al.. 2009. Coco Avant Chanel: Coco Before Chanel. Sony Pictures Classics ; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Anne. Fontaine et al.. Coco Avant Chanel: Coco Before Chanel. Sony Pictures Classics ; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2009.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Fontaine, A., Fontaine, C., Hampton, C., Fieschi, J., Desplat, A., Nivola, A. and Tautou, A. et al (2009). Coco avant chanel: coco before chanel. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Classics ; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Fontaine, Anne., et al. Coco Avant Chanel: Coco Before Chanel. Sony Pictures Classics ; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2009.

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