It's an affecting and funny movie that will touch you emotionally as it involves you with the characters Hallstrom knows what buttons to push and when, and it works splendidly. As a director, Hallstrom has just the right touch that brings out the best this story has to offer, which is to say, quite a bit. Her chocolates are irresistible, but the Mayor has tradition and religion on his side, and it puts the free-spirited Vianne- who has something of the gypsy in her- to the test. And because Vianne has the audacity to open her chocolate shop during Lent, when of course her sumptuous treats are forbidden, she quickly runs afoul of the Mayor and a battle of wills between the two ensues. Binoche is Vianne Rocher, a woman who uses her exotic recipe for chocolate to unlock the repressed sensibilities of the predominately Catholic citizenry, heretofore kept under the rigid and righteous thumb of the Mayor, Comte de Reynaud (Alfred Molina), with no respite or help, even from the town's young and inexperienced priest, Pere Henri (Hugh O'Conor). In the mid ∕0s, as if borne on the winds of fate, a somewhat mysterious woman arrives in a small town in France, with a young daughter, Anouk (Victoire Thivisol) in tow and a special talent that soon has the townsfolk in quite a stir. is both a sensuous and sensational delight. 8.2/10Ī film to awaken the senses and stimulate the sweet tooth, `Chocolat,' directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Juliette Binoche. The acting is overall very good, Alfred Molina,Julliete Binoche and Judi Dench specifically are stunning in their roles. The soundtrack is wonderful, and fits perfectly each scene. The natural aura that the film exudes has much to do with the excellent work in the lightning and in the scenario,with rudimentary, but harmful stores in the small Italian city. The art direction is also good, very suggestive and definitely is important to the film overall. And is up to the viewer to discover what these meanings are. The characters which appears in the film have special kind of personality and a subtle meaning in them as well. The way the city reacts is also very curious. Very interesting, and it's definitely a film to be appreciated. The chocolat itself represented some kind of a freedom and liberation of the repressed side of the persons. And to the woman depressed, scarred by life,with bitter personality, she then offered spicy chocolate. For example, for the boy with a spicy personality, bitter chocolate she offered. The plot is indeed very good, and despite being simple at a first sight it have various layers and subtle symbolism, specifically in the 'chocolate' types.
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