The film offers a potpourri of emotions: a wonderful story with scenes of laughter and (almost) crying.Īnd amazing actor performances. The mayor and self-proclaimed moral guard of the village, Count De Reynaud, has taken up the cause to drive the two women and their exotic delicacies out of their tranquil spots. Chocolat The official trailerĪ woman and her daughter open up chocolate shop in a small French village, and soon the rigid morality of the community is shaken to its foundations. The film has been broadcast three times on German television, most recently on Boxing Day 2014 of RTL. ![]() The rating at IMDB is 7.3 / 10 Points (150,000 ratings). The film was released on DVD in 2009, and receives very good reviews on Amazon (average 4.5 (from a maximum of 5 stars, 192 reviews) As of October 2016). Solid Sunday afternoon entertainment, and those who are not enthusiastic about the story, will surely enjoy the array of world stars who perform brilliantly through the bank. The characters are believable because they have weaknesses and the movie shows their inner struggles. He deals with real problems that get in the way of people. Nevertheless, Chocolat is a wonderful and stretched way whimsical Movie. Also, the hinted “magic” of chocolate is a peripheral theme and is neither explained nor is their effect thematized. The statement often written by critics that the movie breaks a lance for “tolerance” is an exaggeration In any case, Chocolat is no stronger in this area than for example the “Lindenstraße”. The movie lives from his In addition to stories, which are filmed in great detail and pointedly. He involuntarily gets in touch with the exotic delicacies, and turns more or less from Saul to Paul. In the end, everything will be fine: the stubborn Mayor De Reynaud sees as the last chance to get rid of the unloved immigrants, only to smash the store. Captain of the Gypsy gang is Roux ( Johnny Deep). In the second half of the film, a boat docks at the nearby river to sell fish and seek work.The stock-stiff Carolin (Carrie-Anne Moss) forbids her 10-year-old son Luc, to develop his artistic skills, and also any contact with his grandmother Armande Voizin (Judi Dench), who is also the landlord of the Chocolaterie.Josephine Muscat (Lena Olin), beaten by her husband Serge, flees to the chocolate factory to start a new life there.The count does not want to admit that his wife (who supposedly lives in Italy) has left him he develops romantic feelings for Caroline, but keeps them to himself.In addition to this argument, there are several side stories, but together make up the interesting part of the plot: ![]() ![]() However, with her friendly and charming nature, she manages to win over more and more villagers, much to the annoyance of Count De Reynaud, who soon speaks openly against her, as morality and virtue are in danger. Vianne wears colorful clothes, is an atheist and has an illegitimate child. Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) and her daughter Anouk migrate like nomads from place to place according to the Mayan tradition adopted by Vianne from her mother, as well as some “magic” recipes for making chocolate.Īt the beginning of Lent In 1959, “fifteen years after the war”, they settle in a quiet village in the French province, rent a shop (by Armande Voizin) and open a chocolaterie. Soon the life of the strictly Catholic and arch-conservative inhabitants begins to change, which calls the mayor on the plan, who sees his skins swimming from it. ![]() He tells the story of the young, unmarried mother Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) who, with her six-year-old daughter Anouk, reaches the fictitious French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes and opens “La Chocolaterie Maya”. The film Chocolat is a romantic comedy and is based on the eponymous novel (1999) by Joanne Harris, who was adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs for the film.
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