9/16/2023 0 Comments Alfred molina chocolat![]() ![]() ![]() But it’s the concept that’s the target more than the people. It’s portrayed as stuffy, intolerant, and overbearing. It seems that organized religion may serve as the punching bag in this film. They spark a new romance, they lead someone to independence, and in another case they even work as supercharged Viagra. Several townsfolk find that her chocolates cure personal troubles in their lives. Reynaud goes to great lengths to sour the people’s view of Vianne but as more people taste her magical chocolate concoctions a profound change begins to take place in the village. He’s particularly turned off by Vianne for her more provocative attire and her insistence on opening a chocolate shop at the start of Lent. ![]() One such local is Comte Paul de Reynaud (Alfred Molina), the town’s mayor who rules the community with an iron moral fist. Vianne turns the place into a chocolate shop and begins to capture the attention of the locals. The two newcomers quickly rent an abandoned patisserie and the apartment above it from the crabby Armande (Judi Dench). One day a strong north wind blows Vianne (Juliette Binoche) and her young daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol) into town. It takes place the a fictional French hilltop village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes. The story is based on Joanne Harris’ novel and written for the screen by Robert Nelson Jacobs. It does have plenty of entertaining moments and it features some fine performances, but I’m still not convinced it’s a film worthy of the Oscar Best Picture nomination it received. Sounds a little odd, right? Well in some ways it is but the film also delves into several heavier social and family issues sometimes convincingly but not always. In the 2000 romantic drama “Chocolat” a woman comes into a small French village and attempts to inject new life into the prudish community through her scrumptious chocolates. ![]()
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