This article is about the 2000 movie. For the 1988 movie directed by Claire Denis, see Chocolat (1988 film).
Chocolat is a 2000 romance film based on the novel of the same name by Joanne Harris, and was 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 and interior scenes at Shepperton Studios, Surrey, England.
The film was nominated for Academy Awards, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes. It won a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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.
Primary cast
Johnny Depp as Roux
Judi Dench as Armande Voizin
Alfred Molina as Comte de Reynaud
Leslie Caron as Madame Audel
Victoire Thivisol as Anouk
Carrie-Anne Moss as Caroline Clairmont
Antonio Gil Martinez as Jean-Marc Drou
Helene Cardona as Francoise Drou
Hugh O'Conor as Pere Henri
Harrison Pratt as Dedou Drou
Gaelan Connell as Didi Drou
Lena Olin as Josephine Muscat
Elisabeth Commelin as Yvette Marceau
Peter Stormare as Serge Muscat
Ron Cook as Alphonse Marceau
Aurélien Parent-Koenig as Luc Clairmont
John Wood as Guillaume Blerot
Reception
The film grossed some US$152,699,946 worldwide, on a production budget of US$25 million.[1]
The film was nominated for many awards, including five Academy Awards 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.
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