Top 5 films about the life of Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel was a style icon, one of the most world-known designers. Her style embodies an entire era, recognized by elegance, minimalism in the use of accessories, and convenience. This article discusses the top five films that describe this woman’s life.
Chanel Solitaire, 1981
Directed by George Kaczender and starring Marie-France Pisier, Timothy Dalton, Rutger Hauer,
The film tells about the life and love of the amazing and unique Coco Chanel. It is a romantic story full of sadness, longing, and beautiful music. Interestingly, one-seventh of the total budget (one in seven million dollars) was spent on costumes for this film.
The film is built as a memory of the life of a young, successful, but unhappy Gabrielle Chanel, in which every person, be it Etienne Balsan, Arthur Capel, or Adrienne – all influenced Coco and her life.
Gabrielle Chanel. La Permanence d’un style. 2001
The film mainly describes the period of Coco Chanel’s activity, which she performed in the 50s.
This is a black and white chronicle depicting Chanel at work, in the process of interaction with subordinates, and several valuable interviews that have survived.
Coco Chanel, 2008
This television film was directed by Christian Duguay and written by Ron Hutchinson, Enrico Medioli and Lea Tafuri. It is lead by Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel,
This picture tells the story of young Gabrielle from childhood in an orphanage to dizzying success. Coco Chanel got out of poverty, worked day and night, experienced unsuccessful love and betrayal, and became one of the most known designers of her time, wearing a man’s suit on a woman and creating a little black dress.
Coco avant Chanel, 2009
This is a film-biography, film-drama, dedicated to the early life of the trendsetter Coco Chanel, her childhood, and her youth. This is the story of a girl named Gabrielle, who managed not to break down in the harsh conditions of an orphanage. This is a story about the ups and downs of a young girl who, with the tenacity of despair, grabbed every opportunity to find an application for her multifaceted artistic talent.
Director Anne Fontaine wrote the screenplay based on Edmond Charles-Roux’s book Chanel and Her World. There were no problems with selecting actors: Anne Fontaine claims that she was shocked by the similarities between Audrey Tautou and Coco Chanel: the same huge dark eyes, the same habits, a smile. And Audrey herself says that when preparing for the role, she was struck by the similarity of her character with the character of Chanel.
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, 2009
This is a story of how the life paths of two great personalities crossed. Igor Stravinsky once created a new approach to music, and Coco Chanel became a revolutionary in women’s fashion. Their great discoveries are still of immense importance. During the first meeting and acquaintance in France, passion flares up between them, inspiring the lovers to creative achievements that will elevate them in the whole world’s eyes.
Many world-known fashion houses and cosmetic brands have a great and challenging history behind them, and producers, inspired by them, create incredible pictures worthy of the viewer’s attention. With increasing success, fashion houses are launching the production of not only clothing and accessories but also cosmetics and perfumes, and you can find such products in the MAKEUP online store.
Coco Chanel : un téléfilm pour comprendre l’esprit “Gabrielle Chanel”
La Trois tout en beauté cet été! Retour sur une couturière de génie : Gabrielle Chanel dans un téléfilm en deux parties réalisé en 2008 par Christian Duguay pour la chaîne américaine Lifetime, et qui sera diffusé ces 27 juillet et 3 août sur La Trois.
Comment Gabrielle est-elle devenue Coco Chanel, cette icône fascinante et éternelle ? Comment a-t-elle créé la maison de haute couture Chanel ? Beaucoup de films, documentaires, courts-métrages et expositions lui ont été consacrés et parmi ceux-ci, le téléfilm Coco Chanel, très bien construit pour nous donner un bel aperçu de ce que furent la vie et l’œuvre de la Grande Mademoiselle.
Egypt’s Reem El Adl reveals details on Sherihan’s musical play ‘Coco Chanel’
CAIRO - 18 July 2021: Costume Designer Reem El Adl has revealed interesting details on the costume design of the upcoming musical play Coco Chanel, which is headlined by the iconic Sherihan.
The play is slated to premiere on Shahid VIP as of July 20, 2021.
While enjoying a rich repertoire full of films and TV works, the new musical marks Reem El Adl’s first experience in designing costumes for a play.
She commented on that, saying, “It’s unbelievable! This musical play marks my first theatre experience, and I’m thrilled to work on such a significant project, starring the megastar Sherihan and telling the story of the legendary Coco Chanel”
Reem has indicated that she has designed costumes for the actors and dancers in the play, in addition to two dresses for Sherihan.
She also mentioned that Sherihan’s costumes needed special designing details for some dramatic reasons that will be clear during the screening of the play.
“For me, the musical play was a very interesting experience that gave me the chance to learn a lot, especially through the pieces of advice I kept receiving from Sherihan about how to choose the designs and what materials fit the most for a musical play; giving her extensive theatre experience and knowledge.
I loved the experience, and I hope we work together again in the future.” Reem El Adl, added.
Coco Chanel features an A-list crew, including director Hadi Elbagoury, EL Adl Group production company, DOP Ahmad Al Morsy, art director Mohamed Attia, film editor Ahmed Hafez, choreographer Hani Abaza, and music distributor Fahd.
Reem El Adl is currently working on the upcoming film Abu Saddam.
Directed by Nadine Khan, the film stars Mohamed Mamdouh, Sayed Ragab, and Ahmed Dash.
She also designed the costumes for Orange & Molto’s latest ad campaign featuring Maged El Kedwany and Akram Hosny and directed by Tamer Mahdy.
Reem El Adl has worked on more than 30 non-mainstream films and TV series that take place in various times and settings, such as the TV series Al Shawarea Al Khalfeya (Back Streets), Sedna Al Sayed, Segn El Nesa (Women’s Prison), Wahet El Ghoroub, and the films Al Saffah, Samir wa Shahir wa Bahir, Nawara, Clash, Mawlana, Sheikh Jackson, and Exterior/ Night, by director Ahmad Abdalla, for which she received the Best Costume Design award at the Egyptian National Film Festival. Also, her film El Deif (The Guest) by Hadi El Bagoury competed for the same award at the festival.
In 2020, El Adl took part in two episodes of Shahid’s serial drama, Nemra Etnein that garnered wide success; namely Farq Tawqeet by director Hadi El Bagouri, starring Shreene Reda and Maged El Kedwany, and Awel Embareh by director Mohamed Shaker Khodeir, headlined by Menna Shalaby and Ahmed Malek
Additionally, her recent serial drama Fe Koul Osbou’ Youm Goma’a (Every Week Has a Friday), is currently available on Shahid where it garnered positive reviews on social media.
Headlined by Menna Shalaby and Asser Yassin, the series is directed by Mohamed Shaker Khodeir.
Recently, Alexandria Short Film Festival has selected Costume Designer Reem El Adl as a jury member at the official jury of feature and documentary films within the festival’s latest edition in 2021.
This comes as part of her continuous support to young filmmakers and her wide interest to participate in short films, where she has taken part in designing costumes for more than eight short films last year.