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Chocolat is a 2000 romance film, based on the 1999 novel Chocolat by the English author, Joanne Harris, directed by Lasse Hallström. Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, Chocolat tells the story of Vianne Rocher, played by Juliette Binoche, who arrives in the fictional French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes at the beginning of Lent with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk. She opens a small chocolaterie. Soon, she and her chocolate influence the lives of the townspeople of this repressed French community in different and interesting ways.
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2000 · 2h 1m · Comedy · Drama · Romance
TMDB 7.0/10 (3,548 votes)
In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Box office $153M worldwide
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Lasse HallströmDirector
Juliette Binocheas Vianne Rocher
Judi Denchas Armande Voizin
Lena Olinas Josephine Muscat
Johnny Deppas Roux
Hugh O'Conoras Father Henri
John Woodas Guillaume Blerot
Leslie Caronas Mrs. Audel
Victoire Thivisolas Anouk Rocher
Aurelien Parent Koenigas Luc Clairmont
Ron Cookas Alphonse Marceau
Élisabeth Commelinas Yvette Marceau