Chanel Changer

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
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After watching the so-so Coco Before Chanel, which was filled with nuttin but horse riding and flirting and horse flirting, we were direly curious to find out what actually happened to Coco during Chanel. You know, the period in her life were she designed clothes and became and icon and stuff and things. Director Jan Kounen and writer Chris Greenhalgh‘s Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is definitely an answer to what we were looking for, maybe not eggzactly THE answer, and so this is what happened during Chanel:

Coco Chanel, as you know, was a designer. Igor Stravinsky, as you may also know, was a composer. One day they cross paths, years pass, then they cross again, and another day after that Igor and his Russian wife and kids move into Coco’s country estate so he can work in peace and then some mo days pass and then one day Igor starts banging Coco and some other day after that Igor’s wife catches wind of it, but there’s not much she can do about it, cause she’s sick (and apparently has no eyebrows), so more lustful days pass and then wifey can’t stands it no mo and stuff and things, and then eventually, mo STUFF and THINGS! Somewhere in there, Chanel #5 is born, and the whole time, Igor has a killer mustache

True to its characters and their tumultuous relationship, the film is both cold and remote, which at times can be disengaging to the viewer. And yet, the film lingers on in our minds, weeks after seeing it. Maybe it’s cause Anna Mouglalis as Coco oozes major league attitude and sexiness, herspecially when compared to what Audrey Tautou did in her shoes. And dear ole Mads Mikkelsen, who’s usually resigned to playing badass bastards, is juss a quiet bastard here. We/I mean, who cheats on a sick wife with no eyebrows (played with much pity & sorrow by Yelena Morozova)??? But he looks so good in a mustache, even though he also looks kinda strange with a mustache, and so we kinda root for him and his mustache

But still, CC & IS left us wanting more of the Coco story. Does this mean we have to wait for Coco after Chanel for the complete picture that we seek?

Mon Chéri Poppin: Anna Mouglalis has eyes that can melt mens thighs

Verdictgo: Jeepers Worth A Peepers

Coco & Igor make mostly purty music together in NY & LA only, and elsewhere elsewhen

and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…