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©2009
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1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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DVD release of the 2009 motion picture
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
Adapted from the novel L'irreguliere by Edmonde Charles-Roux
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
Image, Christophe Beaucarne ; montage, Luc Barnier ; musique original, Alexandre Desplat
Alessandro Nivola, Audrey Tautou, Emmanuelle Devos, Marie Gillain
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content and smoking
DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (2.35) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround
In French, with optional subtitles in English