"This is a review I wrote back in 2010 and published on another blog I was helping with but hasn't really gone anywhere. I haven't really edited the article except for adding the picture and trailer so, sorry in advance but I really did love the film and I think it is fitting to post with Valentine's Day around the corner. If anything see the film because it is good."
Music is one of the things in this world that can universally bind people from across countries, social, economic, cultural and ethnic boundaries. Music evokes emotions along with follows expresses your current mood and the same thing can be said about fashion. Beyond emotions fashions can be created to show your personality to the world. In the film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky these two worlds combine to create a tantalizing world for the eyes and ears.
The film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, based on Chris Greenhalgh’s novel “Coco & Igor”, is about the intersecting lives of a romance between famed designer Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel and Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. After becoming enamored with Igor’s music before the First World War, Coco meets the composer after the war has ended and she has lost her lover of many years. Once she has met him Coco moves Igor and his family into one of her homes and sparks fly between the pair.
The actors in the film turn in very enjoyable performances in this drama. Mads Mikkelsen who plays the title role of Igor does a fantastic job. The Danish actor really pulled it together as the Russian composer. He carries around the tension and stiff movement of what you would assume the Russian composer would. Anna Mouglalis shines as the famed designer Coco Chanel. She stands as if she lived back in the early part of the twentieth century as well as oozes seduction as she walks across the screen. Then when the two are on screen together you can feel the chemistry between the two.
The film itself is very much like the pace of Stravinsky’s music used through out the film, somewhat slow, but it does build into moments of high passion. For some the pace may be too long yet to I enjoyed it immensely because so many films lately rush through the story and you never get an understanding of the characters Along with the my personal enjoyment of the pacing, I also loved some of the way the utilizes the reactions of the actors as apposed to having written dialogue. There are scenes where the all the actor has to communicate with is their facial expressions, which, only true artists can convey.
The film takes the dramatic affair film to a different level and for another language. Just remember if you prefer a faster pace film that this may not be the film for you. In conclusion if you would like to try a non-Hollywood type love affair film take a try with this film. It is available for rental in some Redbox kiosks and Netflix.
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