Blood and Chocolate (2007)

A young teenage werewolf (Bruckner) is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man (Dancy).

Director:

Katja von Garnier

Writers:

Ehren Kruger (screenplay), Christopher Landon (screenplay),

Stars:

Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier Martinez

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Agnes Bruckner	...	Vivian
Hugh Dancy	...	Aiden
Olivier Martinez	...	Gabriel
Katja Riemann	...	Astrid
Bryan Dick	...	Rafe
Chris Geere	...	Ulf
Tom Harper	...	Gregor
John Kerr	...	Finn
Jack Wilson	...	Willem
Vitalie Ursu	...	Constani
Bogdan Voda	...	Albu
Kata Dobó	...	Beatrice
Rodica Mandache	...	Mrs. Bellagra
Sandu Mihai Gruia	...	Pharmacist (as Sandu Gruia)
Helga Racz	...	Young Vivian

Storyline

In Bucharest, Romania, the orphan Vivian was raised by her aunt after losing her parents ten years ago in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado. His family belongs to a bloodline of werewolves and Vivian is promised to the leader of the pack, Gabriel. When the American cartoonist Aiden, who is researching werewolves for his publisher for the next edition of his magazine, meets Vivian, they immediately fall in love for each other. However, the evil son of Gabriel and Vivian's cousin Rafe poisons Gabriel about the love of Vivian, forcing her to choose between her bounds with her family and her passion for Aiden.

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Plot Keywords:

love | werewolf | bucharest romania | murder | rocky mountains | 

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Taglines:

Everyone has two lives. The one we show the world. And the one that was never meant to be seen.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence/terror, some sexuality and substance abuse

Details

Official Sites:

MGM [us] Official site [ru]

Country:

USA UK Germany Romania

Language:

English Romanian

Release Date:

26 January 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blood & Chocolate

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$2,074,300 (USA) (26 January 2007)

Gross:

$3,525,161 (USA) (23 March 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Berrick Filmproduktion, Blood & Chocolate Productions Ltd., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The plot of the book and movie are so different, they may as well be separate titles as the movie's ending especially was completely different. Fans of the Blood and Chocolate novel have always been crazy over Vivian and Gabriel, who're considered a classic couple of the werewolf genre. Fans were thus shocked to see Gabriel portrayed as a villain and Vivian ending up with a human.

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Quotes

Astrid: I had the taste of blood and chocolate in my mouth, one as hateful as the other.

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Connections

Featured in HypaSpace: Episode #6.20 (2007)

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Soundtracks

"You Know the Truth"
Written by Marc Dold & Judith Martin ( Judith Martin )
Performed by Judith Martin
Courtesy of Very Music, Inc.

User Reviews

Not entirely true to the book, but still an engrossing experience

I Read the book for this a long time ago, it was given to me by a friend and while it is not the sort of book I would usually buy while browsing for a new read I was enthralled by it and read it in one sitting (its not that big anyway) and then again the next day.

Knowing this I watched this movie with some trepidation, I was expecting the usual rip off (ala Lord of the Rings, Narnia etc.) with too much special effects and most of the story missing including some of the most important/memorable parts.

Now while there is a fair bit of the book missing here and a few changes, I was very pleasantly surprised, This film does manage to portray the storyline very well, the acting is believable and the characters look right. they also hit the nail on the head with the wolf side, These are not giant monsters who could tear a man apart with one hand they are wolves, pure honest to god wolves. It makes such a refreshing change to see a werewolf film these days that does not rely on special effects and all out action, One that tells a story and tells it well.

I finished watching this movie with a sense of satisfaction that the job had been done properly, this is the highest praise I can give those involved in this film. it will be added to my collection asap and watched many times.

I cannot say whether I prefer the movie or the book as I feel that both stand on a par, the book fills out the world and the movie brings it to life. So if you've only read the book OR seen the movie, then do the other as they stand better together