Synopsis
Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The revolutionary dissonances of Igor's work parallel Coco's radical ideas. She wants to democratize women's fashion; he wants to redefine musical taste. Coco attends the scandalous first performance of The Rite in a chic white dress. The music and ballet are criticized as too modern, too foreign. Coco is moved but Igor is inconsolable.
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Cast
- Anna MouglalisCoco Chanel
- Mads MikkelsenIgor Stravinsky
- Natacha LindingerMisia Sert
- Elena MorozovaKatarina Stravinskaya
- Grigori ManoukovSergey Diagilev
- Radivoje BukvićGrand Duke Dimitri
- Nicolas VaudeErnest Beaux
- Anatole TaubmanArthur 'Boy' Capel
- Erick DesmarestzLe médecin
- Clara GuelblumMilena Stravinskaya
Recommendations
- 100
Observer
Everything works miraculously here, making Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky one of the most bountiful experiences of the year. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
There are so many guilty pleasures here that it's amazing the film is as good as it is. The passions feel real, the roles are fully inhabited and the art speaks for itself. - 65
Movieline
Despite an admirable mastery of both Russian and French, Mikkelsen has no shot at making a proud (Russian!) musical genius a believably lovesick puppy. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
A sumptuous recreation of 1920s France and the unbridled affair between two of the century's most iconic figures. - 60
Time Out
The opening riot at The Rite of Spring concert sets the scene for an anticlimactic biopic, which could have been sumptuously potent had this dual portrait of artists in love been trimmed…or at least hemmed. - 60
New York Daily News
Where the film fails, ironically, is in the central love affair. Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen is undeniably gifted, but his Stravinsky is a blank, stoic presence only comfortable at a piano. - 50
Variety
On a dramatic level, Dutch-born helmer Jan Kounen's hyper-stylized, emotionally vacuous film is like a pair of designer pants that look great but don't fit, or a rare vinyl recording that keeps skipping at the best parts. - 50
Village Voice
Here, Coco's cast as a femme fatale who preys on a helpless nebbish--the Audrey Tautou--starring "Coco Avant Chanel" was much more fun.
