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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Lasse Hallstrom |
| Stars: |
Juliette Binoche |
| Actors: |
John Wood |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Romances · 1950s · Small Town Life · France |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: Bonus Edition |
| UPC: |
786936145076 |
| Release Date: |
2000 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 45min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 2hr 2min
Release Company: Buena Vista Home Entertainment (August 07, 2001)
UPC: 786936145076 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 45min
Release Company: Buena Vista Home Entertainment (August 07, 2001)
UPC: 786936146295 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Robert Nelson Jacobs |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/01/2001, p.94, Demetrios Matheou): "...[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..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
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, ... |
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