The trailer for the Coco Chanel bio-pic, starring Audrey Tautou (“Amelie”) and helmed by French director/writer Anne Fontaine, has hit the Internets. Amazingly enough comic book geeks aren’t that into it but we think it looks amazing. Tautou seems to have nailed Chanel’s notoriously stoic-bordering-on-harsh exterior. The opening scenes show Tautou as later era Chanel in the iconic Chanel boutique in Paris – great to have a set that is so recognizable to work with. Karl Lagerfeld, current house of Chanel designer, was hired to supervise the re-creation of the original famous Chanel clothing, hats, purses and more.
As the film title translates to “Coco Before Chanel” this bio pic is expected to show Chanel’s early life as a seamstress and hat maker, through her early love affair with Étienne Balsan and the opening of her Paris boutique. The focus is on Chanel’s rise to fame as a designer. The trailer is entirely in French, however, so feel free to watch repeatedly until you get it.
