Year: 2000
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Written by: Joanne Harris, Robert Nelson Jacobs
Music by: Rachel Portman
Johnny Depp playing: Roux
Runtime: 121 min.
Release Date: January 5th, 2001
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Plot Summary
Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) like her ancestors, drifts across France. In the winter of 1959, she travels to a tranquil French village, where she and her daughter, Anouk (Victoire Thivisol), open a small chocolaterie. The store imbues both wonder and angst within the classical villagers as it opens during the forty days of Lent.
Soon, Vianne’s allure and confections enliven a married couple’s aphrodisia, encourage an elderly man’s secret love, bring rapport with a willful diabetic, and comfort an awkward woman who longs to leave her drunk and abusive husband. Nevertheless, the devout village mayor, Comte Paul de Reynaud (Alfred Molina), sees Vianne as an immoral provocateur and quietly contests against her. The battle peaks when a band of river gypsies camp on the village outskirts and Vianne finds a strong, mutual sexual attraction with the Manush Romani (Gypsy) Roux (Johnny Depp).
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