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It is the late 1950s, but it might as well be the late 1850s in a small French town where everyone behaves as they should (supposedly), and attends church regularly. When a strong North wind blows through town, it brings the vivacious and mysterious Vianne (Juliette Binoche) and her young daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol). Vianne is soon the talk of the town: an unwed mother who declines to go to church and opens up a chocolate shop in the midst of Lent. Her good-natured, honorable personality and psychic ability (she can predict what kind of sweets best suit each person, and magically cures each of them of their particular maladies) make her as irresistible as her delectable treats. However, Vianne and her daughter are resented by the conservative mayor, the Comte de Reynaud (Alfred Molina), and by the pious Caroline (Carrie-Anne Moss), who has disowned her own spirited mother (Judi Dench, who plays Vianne's landlady), refusing the elderly woman access to her beloved grandson.This touching fairy tale, based on the novel by Joanne Harris, was filmed on location in rural France. An intelligent, exquisitely filmed fable that deals with the idea of 20th Century paganism rising up against a closed-minded church and a persevering aristocracy, CHOCOLAT is enjoyable, romantic, and entertaining, with affecting performances by both its stars and its supporting actors (Lena Olin and Johnny Depp.)
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Producer:
David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran
Cast:
Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugh O'Conor, John Wood, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Leslie Caron, Peter Stormare
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Stereo Sound, Surround Sound
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Letterboxed - Anamorphic - 1.85:1 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English French Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Lasse Hallstrom - Director, David Brown - Producer, Kit Golden - Producer, Leslie Holleran - Producer Deleted Scenes Original Theatrical Trailer Featurettes - 1. "The Making of CHOCOLAT" 2. "The Costumes of CHOCOLAT" 3. Production Design Featurette Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
Theatrical release: December 15, 2000 (NY).
CHOCOLAT was filmed in France and in Shepperton, England.
Actress Lena Olin is married to director Lasse Hallström.
Paul Clinton of CNN.com named CHOCOLAT one of the 10 best films of 2000.
Robert Nelson Jacobs won the Best Adapted Screenplay award of 2000 from the San Diego Film Critics Society.
According to Mitchell Fink of the New York Daily News, Vice President Al Gore saw the film and told Miramax head Harvey Weinstein, "What inspired me about the film is how it infuses a spirit of tolerance with the joy of life. And tolerance, of course, is a message that is especially important for our times."
Editorial reviews
"...As fudge-y as advertised....[Binoche is] luscious..." Entertainment Weekly - p.58 - Lisa Schwarzbaum (01/12/2001)
"...A radiant central performance from Juliette Binoche and appealing supporting turns from Judi Dench and Johnny Depp....The film is beautifully shot..." Sight and Sound - p.42-4 - John Mount (03/01/2001)
"...[CHOCOLAT has] many pleasures. It's often very funny and the town looks a treat, a sort of Neverneverland that lends the movie a fairytale quality..." Total Film - p.94 - Demetrios Matheou (04/01/2001)
"...CHOCOLAT is as delectable as its title....It emerges as a splendid work in the grand humanist tradition of the classic cinema of France..." Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (12/15/2000)
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When a mysterious stranger (Juliette Binoche) and her child arrive in a tranquil French town in the winter of 1959, nobody could have imagined the impact the striking Vianne and her spirited daughter would have on this old-fashioned, buttoned up community. Within days Vianne opens a very unusual chocolate shop, filled with mouthwatering confections. Her uncanny, almost magical ability to perceive her customers' private desires and satisfy them with just the right confection coaxes the villagers to abandon themselves to temptation and happiness. But it is not until another stranger, the handsome Roux (Johnny Depp), arrives in town that she is finally able to recognize her own desires.
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