Chocolat (2000 film)

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This article is about the 2000 movie. For the 1988 movie directed by Claire Denis, see Chocolat (1988 film).

Chocolat
original movie poster
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.

1 Overview
2 Primary cast
3 Academy Awards nominations
4 External links

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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 chocolatérie 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).