We went to see this movie last Saturday night... and it was absolutely stunning.
I understand that Anne Fontaine's "Coco Avant Chanel" won't be released to the rest of the world until sometime this summer or early September, but this movie is a MUST SEE when it plays in your country. My boyfriend and I are currently living in Hong Kong so we were able to watch it, and it is all the rage here in Asia.
Audrey Tautou plays Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, and she is absolutely breathtaking in this movie. I fell in love with her within the first few minutes, and she holds true to her character the whole way through. The french screenplay is an inspired documentary on the life of Coco Chanel before she became a designer in the late 1800s. It most definitely wouldn't be described as a "Hollywood Movie" but its the charm and the wit and the realism that gives the movie all its glory. True Brilliance.
