Chocolat

The most tempting of all sweets becomes the key weapon in a battle of sensual pleasure versus disciplined self-denial in this comedy. In 1959, a mysterious woman named Vianne (Juliette Binoche) moves with her young daughter into a small French village, where much of the community’s activities are dominated by the local Catholic church. A few days after settling into town, Vianne opens up a confectionery shop across the street from the house of worship — shortly after the beginning of Lent. While the townspeople are supposed to be abstaining from worldly pleasures, Vianne tempts them with unusual and delicious chocolate creations, using her expert touch to create just the right candy to break down each customer’s resistance. With every passing day, more and more of Vianne’s neighbors are succumbing to her sinfully delicious treats, but the Comte de Reynaud (Alfred Molina), the town’s mayor, is not the least bit amused; he is eager to see Vianne run out of town before she leads the town into a deeper level of temptation. Vianne, however, is not to be swayed, and with the help of another new arrival in town, a handsome Irish Gypsy named Roux (Johnny Depp), she plans a “Grand Festival of Chocolate,” to be held on Easter Sunday. Based on the novel by Joanne Harris, Chocolat features a distinguished supporting cast, including Judi Dench, Lena Olin, Carrie-Anne Moss, Peter Stormare, Hugh O’Conor, and Leslie Caron., Postwar romance about a mysterious woman who moves to a provincial French town with her daughter to set up a chocolate shop. When she opens on Sundays, the Catholic townspeople are scandalised but also sufficiently tempted by her choice confections to confide in her as they succumb to her many charms., A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community., A mysterious woman opens a sweets shop in a 1950s French village and immediately causes a stir, both romantically and societally, among the uptight townsfolk., A mysterious woman opens a chocolate shop in a 1950s French village and immediately causes a stir, both romantically and societally, among the uptight townsfolk., Vianne’s new chocolate shop is raising eyebrows and indignant, pious mayor Reynaud doesn’t like it one bite. The confectioner’s beauty, and her mysterious hold over the townsfolk, prompt Reynaud to plot against her. But the arrival of Irish gypsy Roux may give her the ally she needs., Lasse Hallström’s charming Oscar-winning romance stars Oscar-nominee Juliette Binoche as VIanne Rocher, who arrives in a small French village and, much to the locals’ shock, opens a chocolate shop – just before Lent. To add to their outrage, she’s a single mother, doesn’t attend church because she opens on Sundays and befriends local gypsy Roux, all the more cause for outrage. But her chocolates are to die for and soon the locals are shedding their inhibitions and discovering their true selves in an orgy of confectionary. Premiere., An enthralling and bittersweet treat about a mysterious woman who opens a sweets shop in a French town in the late 1950s. She causes a bit of a stir, but before long, her magical concoctions have the locals eating out of her hand., Lasse Hallstrom’s charming Oscar-winning romance stars Oscar-nominee Juliette Binoche as Vianne Rocher, who arrives in a small French village and, much to the locals’ shock, opens a chocolate shop – just before Lent. To add to their outrage, she’s a single mother, doesn’t attend church because she opens on Sundays and befriends local gypsy Roux, all the more cause for outrage. But her chocolates are to die for and soon the locals are shedding their inhibitions and discovering their true selves in an orgy of confectionary., Lasse Hallström’s charming romance stars Juliette Binoche as Vianne Rocher, who arrives in a French village and, much to the locals’ shock, opens a chocolate shop – just before Lent. To add to their outrage, she’s a single mother, doesn’t attend church because she opens on Sundays, and befriends local gypsy Roux; all the more cause for discontented murmurings. But her chocolates are to die for and soon the locals are shedding their inhibitions and discovering their true selves in a celebration of confectionery.