Chocolat / Miramax Films ; produced by David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran ; screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs ; directed by Lasse Hallström.

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When a single mother and her young daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some resistance from the rigidly moral community. But as soon as the townspeople discover their delicious products, their attitu...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Chocolat (Motion picture : 2000)
Corporate Authors: Miramax Films
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Hallström, Lasse
Brown, David, 1916-2010
Golden, Kit
Holleran, Leslie (Motion picture producer)
Jacobs, Robert Nelson
Binoche, Juliette, 1964-
Dench, Judi, 1934-
Molina, Alfred, 1953-
Olin, Lena
Depp, Johnny
Harris, Joanne, 1964-
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
English or French language soundtrack with optional Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Published: [United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2001], ©2000.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Miramax collector's series.
Subjects:
Single mothers > France > Drama.
Chocolate > France > Drama.
Lent > France > Drama.
Cities and towns > France > Drama.
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
When a single mother and her young daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some resistance from the rigidly moral community. But as soon as the townspeople discover their delicious products, their attitudes begin to change.
Note:Widescreen format.
Origially produced as a motion picture in 2000.
Based on the novel by Joanne Harris.
Special features: The making of Chocolat featurette ; commentary with director Lasse Hallström and producers David Brown, Kit Golden and Leslie Holleran ; the costumes of Chocolat ; production design featurette ; deleted scenes.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CW5 D0130656 VideoDVD
PN1995.9.L6 C463 2001 VideoDVD
AF6 D0005407 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
ISBN:0788827006
Credits:Director of photography, Roger Pratt ; editor, Andrew Mondshein ; music, Rachel Portman ; costume designer, Renée Ehrlich Kalfus ; production designer, David Gropman.
System Details:DVD, Dolby Digital.
Cast:
Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp.