Chocolat

Comedy, Adventure, Romance

Juliette Binoche	Vianne Rocher
Judi Dench	Armande Voizin
Johnny Depp	Roux
Alfred Molina	Comte De Reynaud
Carrie-Anne Moss	Caroline Clairmont
Lena Olin	Josephine Muscat
Aurelien Parent Koenig	Luc Clairmont
Antonio Gil-Martinez	Jean-Marc Drou
Hélène Cardona	Francoise Drou
Harrison Pratt	Dedou Drou

Director	Lasse Hallstrom
Producer	Bob Weinstein; Harvey Weinstein
Writer	Joanne Harris; Robert Nelson Jacobs
Cinematography	Roger Pratt
Musician	Rachel Portman

A woman, Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) comes to a sleepy French provincial town and creates a stir by opening a chocolate shop. The stern townspeople view her with distrust. However, Vianne befriends an old woman, Amande Voizin (Judi Dench), who is a diabetic and does not speak to her daughter. Vianne also befriends an abused wife (Lena Olin). Little by little, some of the people begin to be seduced by Vianne’s wonderful, sensual chocolate. The townspeople become accustomed to the presence of Vianne, but then a group of wandering Gypsies stops at the town. Vianne befriends their leader Roux (Johnny Depp), and a romance develops between them. But there is a destiny Vianne believes she has to fulfil: she has to roam the world, spreading her magic chocolate everywhere, just as her mother before her, a Maya princess, used to do. Will Vianne pack her belongings and once more set off on her wonders, dragging her reluctant daughter, or is there something that will make her remain in the small French town?