Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
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| Directed by | Jan Kounen |
| Produced by | Chris Bolzli Claudie Ossard Veronika Zonabend |
| Written by | Carlo de Boutiny Jan Kounen |
| Based on | Coco & Igor by Chris Greenhalgh |
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Anna Mouglalis Mads Mikkelsen |
| Music by | Gabriel Yared |
| Cinematography | David Ungaro |
| Edited by | Anne Danché |
| Distributed by | Wild Bunch Distribution (France) |
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118 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French Russian English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $6.2 million |
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is a 2009 French film directed by Jan Kounen. It was chosen as the Closing Film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and was shown on 24 May 2009.
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is based on the 2002 fictional novel Coco and Igor by Chris Greenhalgh and traces a rumoured affair between Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky in Paris in 1920, the year that Chanel No. 5 was created. Greenhalgh also wrote the screenplay for the film. Chanel and its current chief designer Karl Lagerfeld lent their support to the production; they granted access to the company's archives and to Coco Chanel's apartment at 31, rue Cambon, Paris. The film was released very soon after Anne Fontaine's film Coco avant Chanel starring Audrey Tautou.
An introductory scene takes place in Paris in 1913, where Coco Chanel attends the first, scandalous performance of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. The rhythmic dissonance of the score and the surprising choreography of the piece result in heckling and outrage among much of the audience. But Chanel is impressed by Stravinsky and his music.
Seven years later, Chanel and Stravinsky meet again. Although her business has flourished, Chanel is mourning the death of her lover, Arthur "Boy" Capel. Stravinsky has chosen to flee to France following the Russian Revolution. An immediate sympathy and attraction occurs between the couturière and the composer.
Chanel invites Stravinsky to live in her villa outside Paris, along with his ailing wife and their children. The summer months that follow see Chanel and Stravinsky begin an affair, one which Stravinsky's wife cannot avoid becoming aware of. Tensions between Stravinsky and his wife, and between Stravinsky's wife and Chanel, are unavoidable.
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