This story about someone's real life was more touching to me than a lot of the movies I have seen that are about love and romance. It wasn't a made up fairy tale, or formula written like a lot of the movies out these days. It didn't have a happy ending unless you count her fashion success. Both of the romances of Coco ended up badly with depressing conclusions. It was about real people, and it felt real. I enjoyed the movie a lot, and I wish more movies could have that realness to it, and that much touching emotion and life.
The movie starts out when Coco Chanel is an old lady in the 1950s. Her most recent fashion line up received poor reviews claiming that her clothes are for old ladies. Her business partner wanted her to sell the business and quit. She said she is in no mood to retire. She wasn't supposed to design a next line because of contract, but she did anyway, and it was a huge success. She became a famous designer in the US too, and she continued to design for the next 20 years. She said she wanted to continue to design for the love of her life that died. She wanted to honor his memory. If it wasn't for him, she would have never been able to get started with her career. Despite bad reviews and fierce pressures, through determination she continued. This is proof that just because you are old, and have had failures you don't have to give up. There is a lot of life left in you. Her biggest successes are in her later years.
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