Chocolat (2000)
Chocolat was the link movie connecting Angels & Demons and Skyfall.
Linked through Alfred Molina and Judi Dench.
Both Alfred Molina and Judi Dench appeared in Chocolat.
About Chocolat
"One taste is all it takes."
In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Written by Robert Nelson Jacobs
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Awards
Chocolat received five nominations at the 73rd Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Juliette Binoche won the European Film Award for Best Actress, and Judi Dench won the 2001 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. Binoche and Dench also earned nominations at the BAFTAs and Golden Globes.
Soundtrack
Score by Rachel Portman
Rachel Portman composed the film's score (music written by Portman except where noted); the soundtrack lists her original cues alongside credited pieces such as "Minor Swing" (Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli) and "Caravan" (Duke Ellington/Juan Tizol), and Erik Satie’s Gnossienne is heard in a scene. Critics singled out Portman's score for praise.
Movie trivia
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Chocolat was adapted from Joanne Harris's 1999 novel, with a screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs and directed by Lasse Hallström.
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Principal photography ran from May to August 2000, filmed in the medieval village of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain and on Rue De L'ancienne Poste in Beynac-et-Cazenac; river scenes were shot at Fonthill Lake and interiors at Shepperton Studios.
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The film is dedicated to cameraman Mike Roberts, who died in his sleep of natural causes during filming in England.
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Despite its broader theatrical run and many accolades elsewhere, the film was not successful in France.
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After a USA Today review, Harvey Weinstein challenged critic Andy Seiler to a screening; when Weinstein asked that audience for feedback, no one offered negative comments.
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References to Chocolat appear in popular culture (The Simpsons season 13 episode Sweets and Sour Marge and the film I Love You, Man), and a French-language TV adaptation was reported in development between Miramax and Mediawan.
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