Coco Chanel (film)

For other films about Coco Chanel, see Coco Before Chanel and Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky.

Coco Chanel
Directed by	Christian Duguay
Produced by	Corrado Trionfera Daniele Passani Elisabetta Iovene
Written by	Ron Hutchinson Enrico Medioli Lea Tafuri
Starring	Shirley MacLaine
Country	Italy France United Kingdom
Language	English
Original channel	Rai Uno France 2
Release date	2008
Running time	139 minutes

Coco Chanel is a 2008 television film directed by Christian Duguay and written by Ron Hutchinson, Enrico Medioli and Lea Tafuri. It stars Shirley MacLaine as (the older) Coco Chanel, the pioneering French fashion designer.

The film was broadcast by Lifetime Television.

Principal cast

• Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel (elder)
• Barbora Bobulová as Coco Chanel (young)
• Robert Dawson as Lord Fry
• Olivier Sitruk as Arthur "Boy" Capel
• Marine Delterme as Emilienne d'Alençon
• Anny Duperey as Madame Desboutins
• Cosimo Fusco as Albert
• Valentina Lodovini as Adrienne
• Malcolm McDowell as Marc Bouchier
• Sagamore Stévenin as Etienne Balsan

Home video release

On July 7, 2009, Coco Chanel was released on DVD in the Region 1 (US) format.

Awards and nominations

Golden Globe Award

• Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (MacLaine, nominated)

Screen Actors Guild (SAG)

• Outstanding Female Actor – Miniseries or Television Film (MacLaine, nominated)

61st Primetime Emmy Awards

• Outstanding Made for Television Movie (Nominated)
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Maclaine, nominated)

External links

• Coco Chanel at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website
• On Rai.it