After Keira Knightley, muse of the Coco Mademoiselle fragrance, it’s Kirsten Stewart , another house regular, who will don the pearls of Gabrielle Chanel for a new short film directed by Karl Largefeld . As with “Once Upon a time”, shot in 2013, Luc Besson’s Cité du Cinéma played host to the shoot. This time, it’s a mise-en-abîme: a mise-en-scène in which Kirsten Stewart plays an “arrogant” and “undrinkable” actress (Cf: Karl Lagerfeld) auditioning to star in a biopic about Coco Chanel. The film is as much about the legendary designer of quilted bags and tweed suits as it is about acting. It’s a kind of satire, a bold gesture that comes as no surprise from Karl Lagerfeld.
An opportunity to take a look back at the various actresses who lent their features to the poignant Coco Chanel:
Marie-France Pisier in “Chanel solitaire” by George Kaczender (1981).
This film focuses on the incredible rise of Coco Chanel: the construction of a modern heroine and her tormented love affairs, notably with Boy Capel.
Shirley MacLaine and Barbora Bobulova for the TV movie “Coco Chanel” (2008).
Coco Chanel (Shirley MacLaine) looks back on her childhood, the death of her mother, her departure for the USA and her success. Played by Barbara Bobulova, the actress re-enacts the major stages of a rise that was not without its obstacles.
Audrey Tautou in Anne Foutaine’s “Coco avant Chanel”. (2009)
A look back at the couturier’s career before she dressed every woman in France – and the world. A portrait that underscores the brazen character of the designer who decided very early on that she “would be nobody’s woman”. The portrait of an indomitable woman, interpreted by the mischievous Audrey Tatou, muse of Chanel n°5 perfume.
Anna Mouglalis in “Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky” by Jan Kounen (2009)
The story of the encounter between two extraordinary creators. Igor Stravinsky, fleeing Russia with his family (children and wife), met Coco Chanel in Paris. She already admired his work. Love at first sight: a forbidden affair. What role does passion play in the creative process?
Keira Knightley in Karl Lagarfeld’s short film “Once Upon a Time…”. ( 2013)
A short film that looks back at the first pieces that helped Gabrielle become Coco: the hats she made in her Deauville boutique. British actress Keira Knightley, muse of Coco Mademoiselle perfume, plays the role of the couturier.
A romantic life and a professional life in mirror-image asymmetry. Inventive, determined, she fears no one, at a time when women are still under the sway of retrograde husbands and sullen dresses. She invented jerseys and broke down corsets. Nobody believed in them: marnières, pants for women. A lady who innovated to the very end, even from the top of the rue Cambon steps. A rise built on legends and myths perpetuated by the great lady herself. Dreaded, it was Coco’s love life that brought her back to the ranks of mortals. Disappointments, tragedies… Many films seem to focus on this side of the character, this fragility surrounded by a pearl armor…
Only Karl Lagerfeld seems to avoid these outpourings and concentrate on the audacity of the great Mademoiselle.
A silhouette, always upright, cigarette between the lips: Coco insoumise.
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