Chocolat is a 2000 movie based on the novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris. It tells the story of a young mother (Vianne Rocher) who arrives at a fictional oppressed French village (Lansquenet-sous-Tannes) with her six-year-old daughter (Anouk) and opens La Céleste Praline a small chocolaterie. Vianne's chocolate quickly begins to change the lives of the townspeople.

In 2000, the novel was made into a motion picture, filmed in the village of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain in Burgundy, France.

A completely different movie titled Chocolat and directed by Claire Denis was made in 1988.

Primary cast

• Juliette Binoche  : Vianne Rocher
• Alfred Molina  : Comte de Reynaud
• Carrie-Anne Moss  : Caroline Clairmont
• Judi Dench  : Armande Voizin
• Johnny Depp  : Roux
• Victoire Thivisol  : Anouk
• Hugh O'Conor  : Pere Henri
• Lena Olin  : Josephine Muscat
• Peter Stormare  : Serge Muscat
• Leslie Caron  : Madame Audel

Academy Awards nominations

• Best Picture;
• Best Actress (Juliette Binoche);
• Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench);
• Best Original Music (Rachel Portman);
• Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (Robert Nelson Jacobs).

External Links

• Benjamin Newman wrote a filk song based on the 2000 movie *(lyrics)
• (MP3). Warning, the lyrics of this song contain plot spoilers.