Review of Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009) by Andrew S — 02 Oct 2010

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is a movie about an affair, an affair with no chemistry and no passion. Normally we would think that would be a bad thing. That it wouldn?t make any sense. But, because this affair involves Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky it makes plenty of sense. It?s a movie about a man who?s only true passion is his music, and it?s about a woman who so desires to be a strong, powerful and independent female public figure that she lives a love of showing no emotions to anyone.

Anna Mouglalis performance is much colder than Audrey Tautou?s version in Coco Before Chanel. In the latter, we sympathize with Coco and have a much deeper understanding of her. In Coco & Igor, we feel frustrated with the character of Coco Chanel. We never truly understand her and at moments we may not even like her. This movie probably is the more common portrayal of Coco Chanel.

I highly recommend you see both Coco Before Chanel, along With Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky. They are not actually related films, but they compliment each other perfectly.