Chocolat (2000 film)
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| Directed by | Lasse Hallström |
| Produced by | Harvey Weinstein |
| Written by | Joanne Harris (novel), Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay) |
| Starring | Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench |
| Distributed by | Miramax |
| Release date(s) | December 15, 2000 |
| Running time | 121 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 Million (estimate) |
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Chocolat is a 2000 movie based on the novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris. Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, it tells the story of a young mother (Vianne Rocher, played by Juliette Binoche) who arrives at a fictional, repressed French village (Lansquenet-sous-Tannes) with her six-year-old daughter (Anouk) and opens La Chocolaterie Maya, a small chocolaterie. Vianne's chocolate quickly begins to change the lives of the townspeople.
The movie was filmed in the village of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain in Burgundy, France. The river scenes were filmed at Fonthill Lake at Fonthill Bishop in Wiltshire, UK.
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[edit] Overview
Driven by fate, Vianne drifts into a tranquil French village with her daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol, from Ponette) in the winter of 1959. Her newly opened chocolaterie is a source of attraction and fear, since Vianne's ability to revive the villagers' passions threatens to disrupt their traditions. The pious mayor (Alfred Molina) sees Vianne as the enemy, and his war against her peaks with the arrival of gypsy "river rats" led by Roux (Johnny Depp), whose attraction to Vianne is immediate and reciprocal. Subplots involve a battered wife (Lena Olin), a village elder (Judi Dench), and her estranged daughter (Carrie-Anne Moss).
[edit] Primary cast
- Juliette Binoche: Vianne Rocher
- Alfred Molina: Comte de Reynaud
- Carrie-Anne Moss: Caroline Clairmont
- Judi Dench: Armande Voizin
- Johnny Depp: Roux
- Victoire Thivisol: Anouk
- Hugh O'Conor: Pere Henri
- Lena Olin: Josephine Muscat
- Peter Stormare: Serge Muscat
- Leslie Caron: Madame Audel
[edit] Academy Awards nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Actress (Juliette Binoche)
- Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench)
- Best Original Music (Rachel Portman)
- Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (Robert Nelson Jacobs)
[edit] Trivia
- This film (and in particular Johnny Depp's appeareance) is referenced in the US Tv show The Simpsons (episode Sweets and Sour Marge). In the scene when the town is burning everything containing sugar, the character Lou is resistant in burning the promotional Johnny Depp chocolate figurine from the film. Chief Wiggum replies with "We melted for him, now he's gonna do likewise." This could be a reference to Depp's sex appeal.
[edit] External links
- Chocolat at the Internet Movie Database
