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A simple wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple , giving them the chance at a million dollars -- but only, as a mysterious stranger explains, at the cost of someone else's life.
Go cuckoo for 'Coco' in this fine French biopic
In the early days of the 20th century when style-conscious women still wore hip-crushing corsets and poufy hats that looked like meringue pies, Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel stood out in a crowd.
"MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT" -- A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
Coco Before Chanel Audrey Tautou stars in this biography of the French fashion giant, written and directed by Anne Fontaine .
Alec Etienne Bartholomeus - MaA tre d'hA tel Balsan Yan Duffas - Maurice de Nexon Patron boutique Roch Leibovici - Jean Jean-Yves Chatelais - Pierre Diot - Vincent Nemeth - Bruno Abraham-Kremer - A Director: Anne Fontaine Genre: Biography, Docudrama http://www.sonyclassics.com/cocobeforechanel/ For a woman who revolutionized fashion, Coco Chanel's ...
Visalia IFS: A trip to frothy comedy 'Monaco' well worth journey
There is a place in France where a famous show-trial attorney wears no pants. It's called Monaco.
Audrey Tautou, Alessandro Nivola shine in 'Chanel'
There are hints of the fashion icon and early feminist that Coco Chanel was to become in Coco Before Chanel , though the film focuses on the period in her life just before she became a famous designer.
Coco Before Chanel is the story of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who began her life as headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey became the legendary couturier who embodied the modern... Coco Before Chanel is the story of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who began her life as headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey became the ...
9 Movie Clips from Coco Before Chanel Starring Audrey Tautou as Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
While director Anne Fontaine's "Coco Before Chanel" has already opened in most of the world, the film is finally getting released here in America September 25th.
Beware the charms of The girl from Monaco'
He's fiftysomething, bald and a little paunchy but still able to attract the occasional woman out of his league.
French B.O. cashes in on comedies
A year after the runaway success of "Welcome to the Sticks," French cinema continues to laugh its way to the bank.
French B.O. cashes in on comedies
A year after the runaway success of "Welcome to the Sticks," French cinema continues to laugh its way to the bank.
FILM REVIEW: THE GIRL FROM MONACO By Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune Movie Critic 3 stars Luxembourg-born director Anne Fontaine's first film, in 1993, was a comedy called "Love Affairs Usually End Badly." That title applies to any number of other films before or since, including Fontaine's newly released and stimulatingly unpredictable ...
To say that writer-director Anne Fontaine's film wanders from genre to genre doesn't exalt her screenplay, but their transparent lift of the trio relationship from Simone de Beauvoir's She Came to Stay is an inspired move.
As big, dumb summer 'entertainments' go, they don't get much bigger or much dumber than this.
Get a jump on your weekend entertainment plans every Wednesday, and be sure to pick up the Limelight section on Friday.
Tim's picks and pans: Love's a pain in these two standouts
Marc Webb's " Days of Summer" and Anne Fontaine's "The Girl From Monaco" don't have a lot in common, but both make one thing clear: Love hurts.
'Girl From Monaco' loses her way
Movie Review: The Girl From Monaco The Girl From Monaco is a French farce about old fools and young lovers.
The Girl From Monaco: Crime and Farce in the South of France
Bourgoin creates her own weather. Details: Opens at Seven Gables, Fri., July 24.
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