Win tickets to Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky at QFT

Picking up the story of Coco Chanel more or less from where Anne Fontaine's Coco Before Chanel left off, director Jan Kounen beautifully captures the charisma of two monumental personalities against the opulent backdrops of 1920s Paris.

The opening sequence sets the film's grand tone by unfolding one of the great artistic scandals in its original venue: the 1913 premiere of revolutionary composer Stravinsky's radically modernist ballet, Rite of Spring, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. Seven years later, rendered penniless by the violently negative reaction to his work, Stravinsky accepts the newly successful Chanel's offer to lodge him, his wife and four children, in her new villa 'Bel Respiro' in Garches.

And so begins their frenzied liaison, paralleled by revolutionary ideas - the designer's desire to transform women's fashions and the composer's redefinition of musical taste.

Film introduction on Sun 15 Aug at 6.30pm by Brenda Croskery-Longlands, followed by Words & PIctures - QFT Book Club discussion.

Shows are 6.30pm from Friday 13th - Thurs 26th August

We have two pairs of tickets to give away for the 6.30pm Thursday 26th August.

Simply email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your name, contact telephone number and contact email address.

Closing date for entry is Tuesday 17th August. The two winners will be notified by email and will receive two tickets for 26th August. The prize is non transferable, the date cannot be changed and there is no cash alternative.