Chocolat (2000)

United Kingdom, United States of America

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Fat Free, Miramax, David Brown Productions

Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Leslie Caron, Carrie-Anne Moss

Lasse Hallström

Joanne Harris, Robert Nelson Jacobs

Taglines: One taste is all it takes.

small town, france, based on novel or book, chocolate, parent child relationship, tradition, chocolaterie, mayor, houseboat, praline, romantic comedy, single, morality, church, landlady, catholic priest, non conformity, 1950s, lent, sermon, gypsy camp

A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of gypsies arrive by riverboat, the Mayor's prejudices lead to a crisis.

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