Movie Cosmos - Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Anna Mouglalis

As Coco Chanel

Mads Mikkelsen

As Igor Stravinsky

Natacha Lindinger

As Misia Sert

Elena Morozova

As Katarina Stravinskaya

Grigori Manoukov

As Sergey Diagilev

Radivoje Bukvić

As Grand Duke Dimitri

Nicolas Vaude

As Ernest Beaux

Anatole Taubman

As Arthur 'Boy' Capel

Erick Desmarestz

As Le médecin

Clara Guelblum

As Milena Stravinskaya

Maxime Daniélou

As Teodor Stravinsky

Sophie Hasson

As Ludmila Stravinskaya

Nikita Ponomarenko

As Sulima Stravinskaya

Catherine Davenier

As Marie

Olivier Claverie

As Joseph

Marie-Laure Caradec

As Dancer 'Le Sacre du Printemps'

Inès Hernandez

As Dancer 'Le Sacre du Printemps'

Irina Vavilova

As La gouvernante

Top Crew >

Jan Kounen

Director

Reviews:

r96sk (6/10)

'Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky' is nothing all that bad, there just isn't that much overly good about it either - in my opinion, of course.

The acting, spearheaded by Mads Mikkelsen and Anna Mouglalis, is all fair, the music is actually solid (the film's strongest element, I'd say) though everything else is either underwhelming or simply average. This 2009 release looks good onscreen, however I needed more from it personally.

Mikkelsen & Mouglalis put in shifts but I wouldn't say the overall acting elevates the film all that much, which was very much needed due to a rather dull plot. I don't mind a slow pace, but there needs to be some sort of pay-off at the end... there just isn't here. It was cool to learn a bit more about these two people, mind you.

2023-10-08