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- It's early 1959 in a provincial French village, where residents know their place, and if they see something against the unspoken rules, they are to look the other way.
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Chocolat (French pronunciation:) 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.
The film sidesteps any notions of anti-clericalism by turning her nemesis from the novel’s priest into the puritanical Mayor Reynaud (Alfred Molina). The enticingly quaint riverside village of village of ‘Lansquenet’ is Flavigny-sur-Ozerain , about 30 miles northwest of Dijon in Burgundy, France .
Jan 19, 2001 · Chocolat: Directed by Lasse Hallström. With Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Aurelien Parent Koenig, Antonio Gil. A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.
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- Drama, Romance
- Lasse Hallström
- 2001-01-19
3 days ago · Set in a quaint French village, the movie tells the enchanting story of Vianne Rocher, a free-spirited chocolatier who arrives in town with her young daughter and opens a chocolate shop that challenges the conservative beliefs of the community.
The book was later made into a film called ‘Chocolat’ and the village chosen for most of the filming was this very Flavigny-sur-Ozerain that I was approaching. Flavigny sits high on a rock and is listed as one of the most beautiful villages in France .
Dec 22, 2000 · The movie takes place "once upon a time" in a French village where utter tranquillity, by which is meant stagnancy, has reigned since time immemorial, until "a sly wind blew in from the north," bringing with it Vianne ( Juliette Binoche ), who opened the chocolate shop, after which nothing was ever again the same. Advertisement.
A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community. It's early 1959 in a provincial French village, where residents know their place, and if they see something against the unspoken rules, they are to look the other way. The only exception to this rule is ...
