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
Music by Rachel Portman
Distributed by Miramax
Release date(s) December 15, 2000
Running time 121 min.
Language English, French
Budget $25 Million (estimate)
IMDb profile

Chocolat is an Academy Award-, BAFTA- and Golden Globe-Award nominated and SAG-Award-winning 2000 film based on the novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris, directed by Lasse Hallström. Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, Chocolat tells the story of a young mother, played by Juliette Binoche, who arrives at the fictional, repressed French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old daughter and opens La Chocolaterie Maya, a small chocolaterie. Her chocolate quickly begins to change the lives of the townspeople.

The film was shot in the village of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain in Burgundy, France, and on the Rue De L'ancienne Poste in Beynac on the Dordogne River in Dordogne, France. The river scenes were filmed at Fonthill Lake at Fonthill Bishop in Wiltshire, England.

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[edit] Reception

The film grossed some $152,699,946 US worldwide, on a production budget of $25 million US. [1]

The film was nominated for many awards, including Academy Awards in several categories including Best Picture. Among significant awards won for work on this picture were the Art Directors Guild award, 2001, for Excellence in Production Design, the Bogey Award given by the German journal "Blickpunkt: Film", based on audience numbers in a certain time, the Audience Award, 2001, of the European Film Awards, for Juliette Binoche, and the Screen Actors Guild award 2001, to Judi Dench for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. The film also attracted numerous BAFTA nominations and Rachel Portman's score was nominated for a Grammy Award.

[edit] Plot

Like her ancestors, Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) obeys the North wind, drifting across the country as it blows. In the winter of 1959, the clever wind leads her to a tranquil French village, where she and her daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol) open a small chocolaterie. The store imbues both wonder and angst within the classical villagers as it opens during the forty days of Lent.

Soon, Vianne's profound allure and savory confections enlivens a married couple's aphrodisia, encourages an elderly man's secret love, brings rapport with a willful diabetic, and comforts an awkward woman who longs to leave her drunk and abusive husband. Nonetheless, the devout village mayor, Comte Paul de Reynaud (Alfred Molina), sees Vianne as an immoral provocateur and quietly contests against her. The battle peaks when a band of river gypsies camp on the village outskirts and Vianne finds herself attracted to the Irish wanderer Roux, (Johnny Depp), whose attraction to Vianne is mutual.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Chocolat (2000) box revenue summary, Box Office Mojo, accessed 2 December, 2007

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