Coco Before Chanel: The girl had balls . . . .

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Tautou lost a few pounds before playing Coco but let's face it: she is a voluptuous juicy plum no matter what you do to her. As far as looking like Coco we have to suspend disbelief. As for her portrayal, well it was very one-dimensional. Not knowing the real Coco I'm not sure that wasn't entirely wrong as Tautou played her as brooding and quick tongued.
Her story opens as her father drops her and her sister off at an orphanage and soon flashes 15 years forward when her and her sister were working as seamstresses by day and as a nightclub act by night. They circulated the room and Coco met a visiting count played by Benoit Poolevoorde. The count wines and dines her and she sees an opportunity to "better herself" through his influence. He gets her an audition in Paris and she blows it. Then she cleverly drops in on the count and manages to stay with him despite his low-renting of her to his friends by making her disappear when he had guests. Soon appears a business associate of the count's played by Alessandro Nivola who sells investments and coal. He is smitten with Coco and soon he makes a play for her and wins her heart even though she is under the count's roof.
Poolevoorde plays the best role as the devil-may-care count who slowly but surely falls for Coco. His ploys to capture her fail and she moves to Paris being set up in business as a hat maker by Nivola.
The film is interesting and shows great attention to historical detail. It's too bad Tautou's lusciousness can't be bound up for a more realistic effect.
This is a chickie flick a guy can stomach.

Edits: 03/03/10

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Topic - Coco Before Chanel: The girl had balls . . . . - mr grits 18:59:42 03/03/10 (9)

a second part of her life is now in cinemas - dave c 11:55:38 03/04/10 (1)

RE: With her nazi lover? nt - patrickU 12:46:13 03/05/10 (0)

I just saw, "The September Issue," a documentary on the making of the largest Vogue September issue of all - tinear 19:22:15 03/03/10 (4)

RE: A brillant film? - patrickU 04:24:07 03/04/10 (2)

You seem to think I said, "Prada," was brilliant. I meant "September" is. nt - tinear 07:15:10 03/04/10 (1)

RE: You seem to think I said, "Prada," was brilliant. I meant "September" is. nt - patrickU 07:19:16 03/04/10 (0)

Will check it. * - mr grits 19:37:32 03/03/10 (0)

Grits - you mean you went to see this film... - mkuller 19:03:38 03/03/10 (1)

Redbox...... * - mr grits 19:17:40 03/03/10 (0)

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