![]() Molina’s angry mayor has layer upon layer of depth that make him more relatable despite his angering actions. Paired with a sweeping score by Rachel Portman, scenery of the rural town and short scenes that characterize each resident create what’s not only a good story but also asthetically enchanting film.Įverything hinges on the strong performances of Binoche, Olin and Dench, but the men of the film are also responsible for much of the talent. The cast takes on each role so that they seem not like actors in a film but residents of this sleepy French town rigidly stuck in the muck of morality. But his attempts to derail her business are useless as more town members, including the shop’s landlady Armande (Judi Dench) and abused Josephine (Lena Olin) join Vienne in her mission to bring sweetness to the bitter town.įor a “small” film, Chocolat has a lot big ideas and even bigger filming quality. The mayor, Comte de Reynaud (Alfred Molina), is happy to stoke the controversy, using the town’s priest as a mouthpiece in the war against chocolate and the change Vienne brings. As if their coming didn’t cause enough change in the stagnant community, the opening of the shop at the start of Lent is enough to irk every rigid townsperson. Vienne (Juliette Binoche) and her daughter Anouk arrive in a small French town in the 1950s and open a chocolate shop. It’s possibly one of the hardest things to do, but if you are fortunate enough to be watching with a stash of sweets beside you, the 2000 Oscar nominee is one of the most sumptuous films of its kind. Try to watch Chocolat without a Hershey bar beside you. It’s just not done, did you know that? If you don’t go to confession, if you don’t… dig your flowerbeds, or if you don’t pretend, if you don’t pretend… that you want nothing more in your life than to serve your husband three meals a day, and give him children, and vacuum under his ass, then… then you’re… then you’re crazy.” – Josephine Muscat (Lena Olin) I got in touch with those fears, those basic fears.“You don’t misbehave here. I had my son, who was 5 months old, in my arms while it was happening. ![]() How can you know how you would react in those circumstances? I'd been through an earthquake in L.A. I had just a few seconds to express love, need, desperation both about death coming at me and my son's future. I'm stuck behind the window with the nuclear leak. My role in this film goes as fast as a wink. I loved the old-fashioned comedy rhythm to it. is very upset with me, and his daughter is coming and he wants to talk to me, so he has to hide with me in the shower. I remember a scene we did in the bathroom. I was very excited to work with Steve Carell, Dane Cook, Dianne Wiest and a bunch of the actors mostly from New York theater. He has a talent for combining comedy and drama, and that's a difficult task. I saw Peter Hedges' film Pieces of April, and I liked it very much. Read More'Clouds of Sils Maria' Trailer: Kristen Stewart Flirts With Juliette Binoche (Video) It was a funny experience dealing with them and the faces they would make. He was spitting it out after each take, and Alfred Molina didn't like chocolate that much, either. I discovered that Johnny Depp actually didn't like chocolate. Because of all the lights, chocolate wouldn't have been able to stand up with that heat. To tell you the truth, the shop was all fake chocolate. He kept it in the film.īinoche won a best supporting actress Oscar for her turn as a World War II nurse in 'The English Patient.' Anthony continued shooting, and I remember being so upset in that scene. I broke a vial in my hands, and it cut my fingers and I had blood all over. It was a very mellow, concentrated moment. I remember the scene when I decide to give the last shot to the English patient. ![]() The first months of shooting, I was trembling all the time because I was frightened of not being as good as I could be. Sometimes I would think something or was about to say something, and he would tell me that same thing. Read MoreJuliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Kristen Stewart Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees Kieslowski had a natural kind of philosophical humor about life, death, acting. There was always such a clear purpose with. One of my best friends had lost her husband and child, and I was dedicating this film to her in a way.
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