The Pleasure is all Mine (Todo el Placer es Mio) [Reg 1 & 4 Import Latin America] Marie Gillain
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Belgian actress Marie Gillain, who co-stars with Audrey Tautou in “Coco Before Chanel,” first became known as a teenager, when she played opposite Gerard Depardieu in “My Father, the Hero.”
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... film is at its most appealing during the early scenes involving Coco and sister Adrienne (Marie Gillain)‘s attempts to fend for themselves while flirting with the upper classes. It loses momentum somewhat once she moves to live with Balsan and promptly falls for the smooth charms of Capel as it during this segment that Fontaine’s film reverts to a more traditional ill-fated romance...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... at a convent orphanage. Fast-forwarding a few years, Gabrielle (Audrey Tautou) and Adrienne (Marie Gillain) earn a meagre living as cabaret performers and as seamstresses at the back of a tailor’s shop.Gabrielle catches the eye of wealthy Etienne Balsan who installs her as his plaything at a rural retreat, where she befriends celebrated actress Emilienne. The older woman is enamoured...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... plays young Coco, from her coquettish early 20s, when Gabrielle was singing with her sister (Marie Gillain) as a pass-the-hat cabéret act. The one number they sing well is a popular novelty tune of the day—”Coco.” That becomes her name thanks to the rich rake (Benoît Poelvoorde) whom Gabrielle flirts with because “he has connections.” But to flirt, one must smile and charm, and Gabrielle...
Frankly My Dear... (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... plays young Coco, from her coquettish early 20s, when Gabrielle was singing with her sister (Marie Gillain) as a pass-the-hat cabéret act. The one number they sing well is a popular novelty tune of the day—”Coco.” That becomes her name thanks to the rich rake (Benoît Poelvoorde) whom Gabrielle flirts with because “he has connections.” But to flirt, one must smile and charm, and Gabrielle...
Bounded Rationality (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... after slaving all day as seamstresses. Coco, who was an orphan, and her sister Adrienne, played by Marie Gillain, dreamed and schemed about their ambitions to break into the French aristocracy - Ardrienne to marry, Coco to work her way to the top. Then there is the romance, as Coco becomes a kept woman, and then torn between two lovers, all the time working on her personal style,...
domino75 | 11/09/2009
... 17. Little Black Baby (01:37) Vanessa Wagner 18. Qui qu'a vu Coco (01:42) Audrey Tautou & Marie Gillain
Tyee - Home (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... by her father after their mother's death. Later Gabrielle (Audrey Tautou) and her sister Adrienne (Marie Gillain) make their living as cafe singers. Their signature song is about a little dog named "Coco," a nickname that sticks to the reluctant Gabrielle -- she rewrites the story to say that Coco was her father's pet name for her.At the cafe, Gabrielle is courted by Baron Etienne...
