"Coco Before Chanel"

This french language film isn't just informative and interesting, it's downright charming.  Audrey Tantou does an absolutely lovely job of portraying the icon in her formative years.  A woman trying to fit in who knows she does not.  A woman with desires she can't achieve or doesn't understand.  In typical french filmmaking style there are a good number of sections with little dialog and lingering closeups.  Audrey shines in these moments as conflicted feelings dance across her face like ghosts haunting her psyche.  It's a film of seeking and becoming, of searching and sometimes finding that which you had never expected.  It's a woman's film but most of all it is a human film.  A terrific watch.