Audrey Tautou As Coco Chanel

Though I’m sure a large percentage of the male population are secretly in love with doe-eyed Frenchie Audrey Tautou, I’d happily wager that an even higher proportion of the female population are openly in love with The House of Chanel.

First glimpses of the French actress channeling the quintessential French designer have surfaced and the results are exciting! Shot on location in France the two will come together on celluloid for Coco Chanel’s biopic titled “Coco Avant Chanel” directed by Anne Fontaine.

“Any woman who wants to invent a destiny for herself can identify with the early years of Coco Chanel, a young uneducated woman who dreams of entering the world while exacerbating her differences and ignoring everything of the extraordinary destiny awaiting her,” Tautou said in a statement.

“That’s what makes the whole modernity of the film, and that was the reason why I didn’t hesitate a single second when the role was offered to me.”

The film is slated for an autumn 2009 release in Australia.

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