Suklaata, kiitos

Original title: Merci pour le chocolat

20002000
SS
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

5.5K

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Crime Drama Mystery

In Lausanne, the aspirant pianist Jeanne Pollet has lunch with her mother Louise Pollet, her boyfriend Axel and his mother. Lenna leans that when she was born, a nurse had mistakenly told to... Read allIn Lausanne, the aspirant pianist Jeanne Pollet has lunch with her mother Louise Pollet, her boyfriend Axel and his mother. Lenna leans that when she was born, a nurse had mistakenly told to the prominent pianist André Polonski that she would be his daughter. André has just remar... Read allIn Lausanne, the aspirant pianist Jeanne Pollet has lunch with her mother Louise Pollet, her boyfriend Axel and his mother. Lenna leans that when she was born, a nurse had mistakenly told to the prominent pianist André Polonski that she would be his daughter. André has just remarried his first wife, the heiress of a Swiss chocolate factory Marie-Claire "Mika" Muller a... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

5.5K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Claude Chabrol
Writers
- Caroline Eliacheff
- Claude Chabrol
- Charlotte Armstrong(novel "The Chocolate Cobweb")
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Awards
- 5 wins & 4 nominations

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Isabelle Huppert and Jacques Dutronc in Suklaata, kiitos (2000)

Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Benoît Magimel, and Laura Smet in Suklaata, kiitos (2000)

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Trivia
At the time this movie was shot, the house was owned by David Bowie, who was trying to sell it.

Goofs
At around 40 minutes in, when Mika is talking to Dr. Pollet in the hospital, two crew members' feet and a cable (possibly the boom mic's cable) are visibly moving, reflected on the side of a table. This shot lasts for approx 50 seconds.

Connections
References Tienristeyksen yö (1932)

Soundtracks
Funérailles
de Franz Liszt
Par Claudio Arrau
Copyright Philips Classics
Avec l'aimable autorisation de Universal Music Projets Spéciaux

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7/10

Family Saga Turns Chilling Horror Story

I mostly went to see "Merci pour le chocolat" because I had never seen a Claude Chabrol movie, so I have no basis of comparison with his other work.

The veddy British subtitles called it "Night Cap" which is much less interesting and resonant of the movie's images than the title of the novel it's based on, "The Chocolate Web," which was written by Charlotte Armstrong, but seems very Ruth Rendellian.

Isabelle Huppert of course is never uninteresting to watch, though this is the second movie in a row where the poor woman had to play a successful, middle-aged career woman with a serious problem, as in "The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste)." Hmm, do the French have a problem with such women, making them so twisted?

The movie starts out like a family saga of family businesses and secrets; I even thought it was going to do for the chocolate industry what "Les Destinees sentimentales" did for the porcelain industry.

But gradually the relationships come together into a mystery that doesn't quite pay off but gives a few horror chills in the process.

(originally written 9/2/2002)

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