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| Directed by | Lasse Hallström |
| Written by | Joanne Harris (novel), Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Harvey Weinstein |
| Starring | Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench |
| Distributed by | Miramax |
Release dates | December 15, 2000 |
Running time | 121 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 Million (estimate) |
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.
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 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).
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
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)