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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   51,117 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Joanne Harris (based on the novel by)
Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
5 January 2001 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A comic fable from the director of "The Cider House Rules". more
Plot:
A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 28 nominations more
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What a wise and beautiful movie! more (459 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alfred Molina ... Comte de Reynaud

Carrie-Anne Moss ... Caroline Clairmont
Aurelien Parent Koenig ... Luc Clairmont (as Aurèlien Parent Koenig)
Antonio Gil ... Jean-Marc Drou (as Antonio Gil-Martinez)

Hélène Cardona ... Francoise Drou
Harrison Pratt ... Dedou Drou

Gaelan Connell ... Didi Drou
Elisabeth Commelin ... Yvette Marceau
Ron Cook ... Alphonse Marceau
Guillaume Tardieu ... Baptiste Marceau
Hugh O'Conor ... Pere Henri
John Wood ... Guillaume Blerot

Lena Olin ... Josephine Muscat

Peter Stormare ... Serge Muscat
Leslie Caron ... Madame Audel
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for a scene of sensuality and some violence.
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121 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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This is the second time that Victoire Thivisol (Anouk) has played Juliette Binoche's daughter. The first time was in Les enfants du siècle (1999). more
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Continuity: Early in film when Vianne makes Amande her first cup of chocolate, she fills the cup only half full of chocolate. Then she adds the chili pepper and the whipped cream. When she places the cup of hot chocolate in front of Amande, the cup is very full. more
Quotes:
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Storyteller: Once upon a time, there was a quiet little village in the French countryside, whose people believed in Tranquilité - Tranquility. If you lived in this village, you understood what was expected of you. You knew your place in the scheme of things. And if you happened to forget...
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Referenced in The Quest (2003) more
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God Of Mercy And Compassion more

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96 out of 113 people found the following comment useful.
What a wise and beautiful movie!, 16 February 2004
10/10
Author: mir-te from Helsinki, Finland

I saw Chocolat again last night. I had forgotten how lovely a movie it is! People need stories like this these days.

Some other viewers have complained about the predictability of the plot. I don't think it's any more predictable than an average Hollywood film; I find most action films much more predictable and shallow.

The most beautiful thing about the movie (as about Hallström movies generally) is the wise, warm-hearted story about things that matter: love, sincerity, tolerance, standing up for the things you believe are righteous and good, and enjoying the simple pleasures in life, like a good dinner with friends, or like chocolate :) And Hallström tells his stories so delicately, in his very own style, with fine nuances and a twinkle of humour in his eye. Binoche, Dench, Depp, Molina, Thivisol etc. are fantastic.

I'm so glad I saw the movie. It always makes me think and feel a lot.

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