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.

• Haut et Court
• Ciné-@
• Audrey Tautou
• Benoît Poelvoorde
• Alessandro Nivola
• Marie Gillain
• Emmanuelle Devos
• Régis Royer
• Étienne Bartholomeus
• Yan Duffas