Biopic charts early years of designer who founded iconic couturier , Chanel . she only has the work . '' British actress Audrey Tautou plays Fontaine `` Coco '' Chanel . Writer/director Anne Fontaine would not have made the film without England as Chanel . Audrey Tautou on Anne Fontaine : `` She 's the beginning of the modern woman ''
Biopic charts early years of designer who founded iconic couturier , Chanel . British actress Audrey Tautou plays Fontaine `` Coco '' Chanel . Writer/director Anne Fontaine would not have made the film without England as Chanel . Audrey Tautou on Anne Fontaine : `` She 's the beginning of the modern woman ''