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"In the winter of , a clever wind leads Juliette Binoche and her daughter to a tranquil French village where she opens a petty chocolaterie."--Sholem Stein

Chocolat, directed by Lasse Hallström, is a clip based on the novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris.

Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, Chocolat tells the story of a young mother, played by Juliette Binoche, who arrives at the fictional, repressed French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old daughter and opens La Chocolaterie Maya, a small chocolaterie.

Her chocolate quickly begins to change the lives of the townspeople.

Plot

Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche), an maestro chocolatier and her six-year-old daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol), drift across Europe following the north wind.

In , they travel to a quiet French village that closely adheres to tradition, as dominated by the village mayor, the Comte de Reynaud (Alfred Molina). Just as the villagers begin observing the 40 days of Lent, Vianne opens a chocolate shop, much to Reynaud's displeasure.

Vianne wears more colourful clothing than the village women, does not ascribe to religious convention, and has an illegitimate child. She does not fit in well with the townspeople but is nevertheless optimistic about her business.

With her approachable and alluring nature, she begins to make headway with some of the villagers. Reynaud speaks out against her for tempting the people during a second of abstinence and self-denial.

Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, Chocolat tells the story of a young mother, played by Juliette Binoche, who arrives at the fictional, repressed French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old daughter and opens La Chocolaterie Maya, a small chocolaterie.

The Comte will not admit that his wife has left him.

One of the first to fall under the spell of Vianne and her confections is Armande (Judi Dench), her elderly, eccentric landlady. Armande is unhappy that her cold, devoutly pious daughter Caroline (Carrie-Anne Moss) will not let her see her grandson Luc because Caroline thinks Armande is a "bad influence".

Having lost her husband, Caroline is overly protective of Luc and does not even wish for her son to play.

Chocolat | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: 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.

Vianne arranges for Luc and his grandmother to see each other in the chocolaterie, where they grow a close bond. Caroline later reveals to Vianne that her mother is a diabetic, though Armande continues to eat the chocolate despite her condition.

Vianne also develops a friendship with a troubled woman, Josephine (Lena Olin), who is a victim of brutal beatings by her abusive husband Serge (Peter Stormare).

After her husband violently hits her and injures her leader, Josephine leaves him and moves in with Vianne and Anouk. As she begins to operate at the chocolate shop and Vianne teaches her the craft, Josephine becomes a self-confident, changed woman.

On a wintry night in it could just as easily be in this unchanging French town--a beautiful woman, Vianne Rocher Juliette Binoche at her most ravishing and her little daughter, Anouk Victoire Thivisolcome upon an ancient stone village perched high on a promontory over a river, bordered on its other side by vast, spectacular fields. You feel as if you have entered a Dutch or Flemish Old Master landscape. Vianne rents a dusty, long-unused pastry shop from cranky mature Armande Voizin Judi Dench and with breathtaking dispatch transforms it into an enchanting chocolaterie. The count rules the town as did his ancestors, setting an example of piety.

At the same time, under the order of Reynaud, Serge, having seemingly changed into a better bloke, asks Josephine to come endorse to him. Finally happy and fulfilled on her own, Josephine declines his request. A drunken Serge breaks into the chocolaterie later that night and shots to attack both women, before Josephine, in a moment of empowerment, knocks him out with a skillet.

As the contest between Vianne and Reynaud intensifies, a band of river Roma camp out on the outskirts of the village. While most of the town objects to their presence, Vianne embraces them, developing a mutual attraction to Roux (Johnny Depp).

Together they hold a birthday party for Armande with other villagers and Romani on Roux's boat. When Caroline sees Luc, who sneaked out to the party, dancing with his grandmother, she begins to see how strict she has been with her son and that his grandmother's alter in his life may, after all, be beneficial.

After the party, Josephine and Anouk collapse asleep on a boat, while Roux and Vianne make care for. Later that night, Serge sets fire to the boat where Josephine and Anouk are sleeping.

It is a co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, based on the novel of the same entitle by Joanne Harris. In request to prepare for the role of her, Juliette Binoche spent a few days in a confectionery in Paris, learning to prepare chocolate candies. The production tells the story of a single woman, Vianne Rocher Juliete Binoche and her daughter Anouk, who arrive in Lansquenet, a small French town, in the winter of Vianne's nomadic animation and her indifference to the Catholicism shake the foundations of the mostly conservative and pious society of the town whose inhabitants, moralistic and repressed, inhabit by appearances and reject everything that, new or unknown, is introduced into their lives.

Both escape unharmed, but Vianne's faith in the village is shaken. Luc helps Armande home from the party; her death soon after devastates both him and his mother. After the blaze, Roux packs up and leaves with his group, much to Vianne's sadness.

Reynaud initially idea that the fire was excellent intervention until Serge visits and confesses to starting the flame.

Related e. Wikipedia Wiktionary Shop. Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson JacobsChocolat tells the story of a young mother, played by Juliette Binochewho arrives at the fictional, repressed French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old daughter and opens La Chocolaterie Mayaa small chocolaterie. Her chocolate fast begins to change the lives of the townspeople.

Horrified at the thought that people could have been killed and fearing that the public would criticize him for the arson, Reynaud demands that Serge leaves the village and never return.

With the return of the north wind, Vianne decides that she cannot win against Reynaud or the strict traditions of the town.

She decides to change position elsewhere. Anouk refuses to move, and during a scuffle, an urn containing the ashes of Vianne's mother falls and shatters. After a moment, Vianne goes into her kitchen to watch a group of townspeople, who have come to love her and the way she has changed their lives, making chocolate for the festival Vianne had planned for Easter Sunday.

She has brought change to the town and decides to continue .

Despite the shifting sentiment in the town, Reynaud remains staunch in his abstinence from pleasures such as chocolate.

En , durant le carême, à Lansquenet, un village de France marqué par les traditions et les pesanteurs de la religion, une jeune femme, Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) et sa fille (Victoire Thivisol) reprennent une vieille pâtisserie pour ouvrir une chocolaterie.

On the Saturday evening before Easter, he sees Caroline leave the chocolaterie, which devastates him. Convinced now that chocolate will build people stray from their faith, he sneaks into Vianne's home in order to ruin her preparations for the Easter festival.

After accidentally tasting a morsel of chocolate that fell on his lips, he finally yields to temptation and devours much of the chocolate in the window display before collapsing into tears and eventually falling asleep. The next day, Vianne awakens the chastened mayor, mutual respect between them is established, and Pere Henri improvises an inspiring sermon.

For starring in the romantic film ChocolatBinoche received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Binoche has appeared on stage intermittently, most notably in a London film of Luigi Pirandello 's Naked and in a production of Harold Pinter 's Betrayal on Broadway for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Inshe began a world tour with a modern dance movie in-i devised in collaboration with Akram Khan. Binoche was born in Paris, the daughter of Jean-Marie Binoche, a director, performer, and sculptor, and Monique Yvette Stalens borna teacher, director, and actress.

Both the Easter Sunday sermon and the festival are a success, and the storyteller reveals that Reynaud and Caroline start a relationship half a year later. Josephine takes over running Serge's café, which she renames Café Armande. Vianne throws her mother's ashes out the window, which are carried away by the departing north wind.

The unseen narrator concludes the story: Roux returns in the summer to be with Vianne who, despite her constant necessitate for change, resolves to endure, having found a home for herself and her daughter in the village. At the very end, it is revealed that her grown-up daughter Anouk herself is the storyteller.

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