Coco Before Chanel
2009 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 42,857 VOTES · DIR. Anne Fontaine
Overview
Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,229 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:48 COCO BEFORE CHANEL
00:06:27 -Some champagne for Coco. -Gabrielle.
00:09:40 To convert me to the cause of love.
00:12:09 You need some room. To be comfortable.
00:14:38 ...lacking in imagination.
00:17:10 I hope you'll forgive me.
00:24:08 I want to show you something.
00:27:13 MAN: See that blonde? Jockeys have it made. Pays to be small and ugly.
00:30:39 [CHATTERING]
00:35:15 You couldn't afford a riding skirt?
00:37:48 Think.
00:41:00 Not at all.
00:45:48 Am I interrupting?
00:48:16 Get you out of the stables.
00:50:59 You'd better. Because my English is shoddy...
00:54:57 Captain John Rackham.
01:00:05 She hid so well I never found her.
01:07:02 BALSAN: Not even saying goodbye?
01:09:51 Was he often in love?
01:13:07 There or elsewhere.
01:17:46 CAPEL: It has nothing to do with love.
01:22:03 She can't even add.
01:28:06 Because we're not?
01:32:45 You almost broke it one night six weeks ago.
Cast & Characters
Audrey Tautou
Gabrielle Chanel
Benoît Poelvoorde
Étienne Balsan
Alessandro Nivola
Boy Capel
Marie Gillain
Adrienne Chanel
Emmanuelle Devos
Emilienne d'Alençon
Régis Royer
Alec, le jockey
Etienne Bartholomeus
Maître d'hôtel Balsan
Yan Duffas
Maurice de Nexon
Fabien Béhar
Patron boutique
Roch Leibovici
Jean, le palefrenier
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,229
Dialogue density11.2 lines / min
First line00:00:48
Final line01:32:45
Production Record
DirectorAnne Fontaine
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes42,857