CHOCOLAT (2000 FILM)

'''Chocolat''' is a 2000 film 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.
The film was shot in the village of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain in Burgundy, France, and in the castle Château de Beynac in Dordogne, France. The river scenes were filmed at Fonthill Lake at Fonthill Bishop in Wiltshire, England.

Contents

Overview

Primary cast

Awards

Won

Nominated

Trivia

External links

Overview

Driven by fate, Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) drifts into a tranquil French village with her young daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol) in the winter of 1959. Her newly opened chocolaterie is a source of attraction and fear, since Vianne's ability to revive the villagers' passions threatens to disrupt their traditions. The pious mayor (Alfred Molina) sees Vianne as the enemy, and his war against her peaks with the arrival of gypsy "river rats" led by Roux (Johnny Depp), whose attraction to Vianne is immediate and reciprocal. Subplots involve a battered wife (Lena Olin), a village elder (Judi Dench), and her estranged daughter (Carrie-Anne Moss).
Though the film was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this was highly controversial, as the film garnered extremely mixed reviews and had been nicknamed "Schlockolat". This contributed greatly to the backlash against Miramax Films.

Primary cast

★ Juliette Binoche as Vianne Rocher

★ Alfred Molina as Comte de Reynaud

★ Carrie-Anne Moss as Caroline Clairmont

★ Judi Dench as Armande Voizin

★ Antonio Gil Martinez as Jean-Marc Drou

★ Helene Cardona as Francoise Drou

★ Johnny Depp as Roux

★ Hugh O'Conor as Pere Henri

★ Harrison Pratt as Dedou Drou

★ Gaelan Connell as Didi Drou

★ Lena Olin as Josephine Muscat

★ Elisabeth Commelin as Yvette Marceau

★ Peter Stormare as Serge Muscat

★ Ron Cook as Alphonse Marceau

★ Victoire Thivisol as Anouk

★ Aurelien Parent Koenig as Luc Clairmont

Awards

Won

★ Art Directors Guild (ADG):

★ #Excellence in Production Design Award Feature Film - Contemporary Films

★ European Film Awards:

★ #Best Actress (Juliette Binoche)

★ Palm Springs International Film Festival:

★ #Audience Award (Lasse Hallström)

★ San Diego Film Critics:

★ #Best Screenplay - Adapted (Robert Nelson Jacobs)

★ Screen Actors Guild (SAG):

★ #Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench)

Nominated

★ 'Academy Awards':

★ #Best Actress (Juliette Binoche)

★ #'Best Picture'

★ #Best Original Music (Rachel Portman)

★ #Best Screenplay - Adapted (Robert Nelson Jacobs)

★ #Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench)

★ 'BAFTA Awards':

★ #Best Actress (Juliette Binoche)

★ #Best Cinematography (Roger Pratt)

★ #Best Costume Design (Renee Ehrlich Kalfus)

★ #Best Makeup & Hair (Naomi Donne)

★ #Best Production Design (David Gropman)

★ #Best Screenplay - Adapted (Robert Nelson Jacobs)

★ #Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench)

★ #Best Supporting Actress (Lena Olin)

★ 'Golden Globe Awards':

★ #Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Juliette Binoche)

★ #Best Original Score (Rachel Portman)

★ #'Best Picture - Musical or Comedy'

★ #Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture (Judi Dench)

★ Satellite Awards:

★ #Best Supporting Actress - Drama (Judi Dench)

★ Screen Actors Guild (SAG):

★ #Best Actress (Juliette Binoche)

★ #Best Cast - Motion Picture

★ USC Scripter Award:

★ #USC Scripter Award [Joanne Harris (author) and Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenwriter)]

★ World Soundtrack Awards :

★ #Soundtrack Composer of the Year (Rachel Portman)

★ Writers Guild of America (WGA):

★ #Best Screenplay - Adapted (Robert Nelson Jacobs)

Trivia

★ The song Depp plays on acoustic guitar is ''Minor Swing'' originally by Django Reinhardt

External links

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