A beautiful movie tells about a woman who had ended up to a little French village. Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) initiates a chocolate shop with her only daughter but the kind-hearted idea is not regarded as so sweet. Opening a chocolate shop just during the fasting result in reprehension but the originator shows how strong and obstinate a single lady can be.
Juliette Binoche perform her part very well managing to bring the right feeling to the screen. Even if Vianne Rocher is a careful mother she can also be a seductive beauty who gets every man on tiptoes. Actually she has a total knowledge of people`s thoughts and her serenity calms mostly dramatic movie. Of course a woman like this needs a tiny adventure and soon a handsome Rom (Jonny Depp) leashes his boat to a dock but the residents of the village don`t accept that. Naturally there is some mystics in the stoned streets of French villages and in spite of the residents` negative feelings there are situations seasoned with romantic in for.
Romantic nights are full of playing guitar in silence and dancing accompanied by violins. In my opinion the soundtrack of the movie is remarkably emotional and makes spectators wondering theirselves into the situations of the movie. In its entirety the music of the film is quite straightforward but after all it fills its part better than just aptly.
At the same time the film gives an opportunity to see how a child have to conform to adults` everyday life. Rocher`s daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol) have to suffer from loneliness when her mother is annoying the residents of the village. I reckon that the film aims to point out social disadvantages. What is more in the end of the movie prevalent weird feeling of the village begins to disappear –thanks to Vianne Rocher. The story tells that closed-mindedness can be just a way to escape from reality.
Above all the execution of the film is very versatile and it doesn`t neither give way for monotonousness nor excessive exaggeration of dramatic. The effects are tranquil even if the film is production of the nineteenth century. After the credits have ended up long ago a spectator will immerse into the fascinating feeling of the movie for hours with chocolate box hoping that the story would continue eternally but that is because the film has a soothing effect. Thus the film is suitable as well for grown-up mind as younger viewers.
In summary the `Chocolat` can be seen as a contention to individual freedom and to methods of our society. Anyway the film serves a pretext to curl up on the couch in a gloomy night of an autumn but of course there have to be one shameful thing in the film: You may need countless pieces of confectionery before the chocolate shop is even opened.