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The French movie ‘Coco avant Chanel’ came out a little under 2 weeks ago, I’m still waiting to get my hands on it so I can have a movie night with the girls and we can watch it.
The lead role in the movie, Gabrielle Chanel aka Coco, is played by French actress Audrey Tautou.
The film is directed by Anne Fontaine, she has written and directed 11 movies, she was nominated for 5 awards and has won 2, one at the Venice Film Festival and one at Prix Jean Vigo.
The title of the movie literally translates to Coco before Chanel.

It’s basically a look at Coco’s life before stardom, back when she was a 10 year old at an orphanage, which is where she first learned to sew clothes and then moved out at the age of 18 to work and shortly after fell in love with a millionaire, Etienne Balsan.

A little Coco trivia for you:

• Coco was a Leo
• Coco lived in the Ritz hotel in Paris for over 30 years which is where she died, although she was buried in Switzerland.
• Coco was the only person in the field of fashion to be named on TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
• In 1957 Coco won the Neiman Marcus fashion award .
• At the age of 18 Coco started working at a local tailor

Below is the trailer for the movie:

Here is my favorite photograph of Coco with her infamous pearls and cigarette.

I will definately be posting a review of the movie once I watch it.
It’s almost 1:30 AM here in Kuwait, Bon nuit!

Love, N.

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