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Chocolat
(2000)
One
Taste Is All It Takes
Director: Lasse Hallström, Rated PG-13 for sensual situations
  Starring: Juliette
Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp,
Carrie-Anne Moss, Peter Stormare, John Wood
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
"And these are for your husband.
Unrefined cacao nips from Guatemala, to awaken the passions." -
Vianne
Why watch this?
A wonderful confectionary treat about moral repression and
gentle rebellion.
Plot Summary: The
tale follows Vianne Rocher, a single mother, who arrives in a
traditional French village with her daughter and opens a
chocolate shop. Her unconventional approach and delicious
chocolates challenge the rigid customs and beliefs of the town,
particularly those of the mayor. This leads to a conflict
between those who embrace the new and those who resist change,
with the chocolate shop becoming a focal point of the town's
social and moral divisions.
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Dad's Preview:
Juliette Binoche is
such a special actress. She has mastered the ability to portray
women who are strong
yet warm, and vulnerable yet witty. In this film, she plays an angelic lady who comes
into town and opens a chocolate shoppe. Then she sets to fixing things
(aka people), who are a bit broken:
the battered wife, a strained mother-daughter relationship,
the overtly stern mayor. Like a fine chocolatier, she finds the
right flavors, mixes in a little spice and viola! - some folks begin
to see things in a new light. This film will make your heart
smile and your nose inner being crave chocolat. |
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David
Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie
Holleran;
Miramax Films
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