COCO AVANT CHANEL
2009-03-23Audrey Tautou stars as Coco Chanel in a $15 million biopic about the legendary French fashion designer, helmed by Anne Fontaine. The film will focus on Chanel’s childhood and early womanhood and was specially conceived with Tautou in mind, said Haut et Court’s Caroline Benjo. “Anne said she would only make a film about Chanel if Audrey was in the lead. They met and both liked the idea.” Script, penned by Fontaine and Christopher Hampton, who is also creative consultant, was freely adapted from the Chanel biography “L’Irreguliere” by Edmonde Charles-Roux.