COCO CHANEL AND IGOR STRAVINSKY

**Ends Thursday, August 12th**

"A persuasive depiction of the tempestuous affair of two 20th-century titans." - Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"SUPERB! Steamy, sensual, sensational!" - Jeffrey Lyons, LYON'S DEN

"A sumptuous re-creation of '20s France and the mad affair between two of the century's most iconic figures." - Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"Delivers an impressive combination of sights and sounds in its depiction of the brief, tumultuous affair the two artists had in the early 1920s." - Jordan Mintzer, VARIETY

Paris, 1913. At the Theatre Des Champs-Elysées, Igor Stravinsky premieres his masterwork, The Rite Of Spring.
Coco Chanel attends the premiere and is mesmerized … But the revolutionary work is too modern, too radical: the enraged audience boos and jeers. A near riot ensues. Stravinsky is inconsolable. Seven years later, now rich, respected and successful, Coco Chanel meets Stravinsky again - a penniless refugee living in exile in Paris after the Russian Revolution. The attraction between them is immediate and electric. Coco offers Stravinsky the use of her villa in Garches so that he will be able to work, and he moves in straight away, with his children and consumptive wife. And so a passionate, intense love affair between two creative giants begins…

Starring Anna Mouglalis (Kings of Crime) as Coco and Mads Mikkelsen (After the Wedding, Casino Royale) as Igor, and directed by acclaimed Dutch filmmaker Jan Kounen (Darshan: The Embrace), this fashionably sumptuous production had the support of Karl Lagerfeld and CHANEL who have generously made available their archives and collections. CHANEL lent several original garments and accessories to be worn by Anna Mouglalis in the role of Chanel, and Karl Lagerfeld specially created a ‘timeless’ suit and an embroidered evening dress for the scene recreating the legendary and scandalous 1913 performance of The Rite Of Spring. In order to recreate the world of Coco Chanel as faithfully as possible, CHANEL also granted the film makers full access to its archives and to Coco Chanel’s celebrated apartment at 31, rue Cambon, Paris.

Visit the official movie website:
http://www.sonyclassics.com/cocochanelandigorstravinsky/

Read an interview with director JAN KOUNEN:
http://www.glamadelaide.com.au/main/interview-with-a-director-jan-kounen...