Original title
Chocolat
Genre
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Directed by
Lasse Hallström
Written by
Joanne Harris (novel)
Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay)
Country
UK/USA 2000
Running time
ca. 121 min
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 Summary
Driven by fate, Vianne Rocher drifts into a tranquil French village with her daughter, Anouk in the winter of 1959.
Her newly opened chocolaterie is a source of both attraction and fear, since Vianne's ability to revive the villagers' passions threatens to disrupt their repressive traditions.
The pious mayor sees Vianne as the enemy, and his war against her peaks with the arrival of "river rats" led by Roux, whose attraction to Vianne is immediate and reciprocal.
Josephine Muscat - Lena Olin
Josephine Muscat is the abused and neglected wife of Serge Muscat, the owner/operator of the village's café.
Seen by most of the villagers as "crazy", Josephine's existence is quite bleak, until she is befriended by Vianne, who senses her loneliness and reaches out to her.
As the women become friends, Josephine finds the courage to leave Serge and takes up residence with Vianne and Anouk, where she blossoms in her newfound freedom.
Main Cast
Juliette Binoche
Judi Dench
Alfred Molina
Lena Olin
Johnny Depp
Carrie-Anne Moss
Peter Stormare
John Wood
Leslie Caron
Victoire Thivisol
Aurelien Parent Koenig
Hugh O'Conor
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Vianne Rocher
Armande Voizin
Comte De Reynaud
Josephine Muscat
Roux
Caroline Clairmont
Serge Muscat
Guillaume Blerot
Madame Audel
Anouk
Luc Clairmont
Pere Henri
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Memorable Quotes
Serge: We are still married in the eyes of God.
Josephine: Then He must be blind.
Josephine: Who says I don't know how to use a skillet?
Josephine: You don't misbehave here. It's just not done, did you know that? If you don't go to confession, if you don't... dig your flowerbeds, or if you don't pretend, if you don't pretend... that you want nothing more in your life than to serve your husband three meals a day, and give him children, and vacuum under his ass, then... then you're... then you're crazy.
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