Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

A powerful portrayal of the avant-garde pair's passionate affair.

It's a period romance between two well-known figures. Now take that idea, crumple it up and throw it away. "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky" ignores its genre's expectations — fitting for two such potent, avant-garde personages. All sentimentality and politeness toward these revered subjects is tossed aside. Under Jan Kounen's direction, they are living, breathing people with undeniable flaws. Their affair is passionate but illicit, conducted as the composer and his family live under the stylish parasol of the couture designer's charity. [...]

di Michael Ordoña, articolo completo (1721 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 11 giugno 2010