Coco Chanel biopic opens in France - but ignores affair with Nazi
The first of two feature films about Coco Chanel, the fashion house founder, has opened in France.
But the biopic, Coco Avant Chanel, has been criticised for "ignoring" her affair with the Nazi officer, Hans Gunther von Dincklage.
Instead the film focuses on what its director calls the miserable, "pure Balzac" early years of Gabrielle Chanel, nicknamed "Coco" during her failed attempt to launch a singing career.
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But the biopic, Coco Avant Chanel, has been criticised for "ignoring" her affair with the Nazi officer, Hans Gunther von Dincklage.
Instead the film focuses on what its director calls the miserable, "pure Balzac" early years of Gabrielle Chanel, nicknamed "Coco" during her failed attempt to launch a singing career.