Chocolat
One taste is all it takes.
Country
Production
Budget
$25 000 000
Revenue
$152 699 946
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
David Brown, Mark Cooper, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran, Alan C. Blomquist, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Meryl Poster
Operator
Roger Pratt
Composer
Artist
David Gropman
Audition
Suzanne Crowley, Billy Hopkins, Kerry Barden
Editing
Andrew Mondshein
All team (43)
All team (43)
Short description
A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of gypsies arrive by riverboat, the Mayor's prejudices lead to a crisis.
What's left behind the scenes
- Although most of the film was shot in France, all scenes featuring Johnny Depp were filmed in the United Kingdom.
- The film is based on Joanne Harris's novel 'Chocolat' (1999).
- When Roux first enters Serge's bar with the girl from the boat, her hair is neatly combed. However, later, when the bartender says, "I don't serve animals," her hair is suddenly disheveled and tangled. Then, when Vianne invites them to her shop, the girl's hair is neatly put back in place.
- The scene where Roux (Johnny Depp) dances with Armande Voizin (Judi Dench) at the shipboard party was not included in the European theatrical release of the film, although a fragment of this scene remained in the promotional trailer.
- In the film's finale, a real wallaby kangaroo was used as “the revived Pantuf”.
- When Roux first visits the chocolate shop, Vianne gives him a piece of chocolate to taste. After Roux takes a bite, the camera angle changes—and the chocolate is suddenly completely gone.
- At the end of the film, as the camera moves away from the village during the closing credits, a person can be seen walking across the lower half of the square. The director wanted to prove to viewers that they were seeing a real village, not a model.
- The boat on which the love scene between Vianne (Juliette Binoche) and Roux (Johnny Depp) takes place was entirely a set. It was installed in a pavilion and had a special mechanism to simulate the rocking of a river. The shot after the heroes' kiss, when we see their silhouettes and the boat on the water, was created using computer graphics.
- In the chocolate shop, Armande (Judi Dench) reads a poem by Arthur Rimbaud, 'Farewell' (Adieu), from the collection 'A Season in Hell' (1873) to her grandson.
- The name of the kangaroo Pantoufle, whom Anouk imagines, is spelled as Pantoufle. In French, this word means "house slipper," a meaning that is occasionally used in English as well.
- The episode in which Roux (Johnny Depp) dances with Armande Voizin (Judy Dench) at a ship party was not included in the European theatrical release of the film, although a fragment of this scene remained in the promotional trailer.
- Although most of the film was shot in France, all the scenes featuring Johnny Depp were filmed in the United Kingdom.
- In the original novel, Pantuf is not a kangaroo, but a rabbit.
- The boat where the love scene between Vienne (Juliette Binoche) and Roux (Johnny Depp) takes place was entirely decorative. It was set up in a studio and equipped with a special device to simulate the rocking of a river. The shot after the characters' kiss, showing their silhouettes and the boat on the water, was created using computer graphics.
- Juliette Binoche visited a chocolate shop in Paris to learn how chocolate candies are made.
- At the end of the film, Vianne hands Roux the same cup of hot chocolate twice.
- When Roux first comes to the chocolate shop, Vianne gives him a chocolate bar to try. After Roux takes a bite, the camera changes angle – and the chocolate bar is completely eaten.
- The name of the kangaroo Pantufa, whom Anouk imagines, is spelled Pantoufle. This word means “slipper” in French and is sometimes used with that meaning in English as well.
- Juliette Binoche visited a chocolate shop in Paris to learn how chocolates are made.
- Filming took place from May 2nd to August 6th, 2000 in France and England.
- The city cemetery shown in the film does not actually exist—it is a set built specifically for the movie.
- The city cemetery shown in the film does not actually exist – it is a set built specifically for the movie.
- When Roux first comes to Serge's bar with the girl from the boat, her hair is neatly combed. However, later, when the bartender says “I don’t serve animals,” her hair suddenly becomes tousled and tangled. Then, when Vianne invites them to her shop, the girl’s hair is neatly styled again.
- In the chocolate shop, Armand's grandmother (Judi Dench) reads Arthur Rimbaud's poem "Adieu" from the collection "A Season in Hell" (1873) to her grandson.
- In the film's finale, a real wallaby was used to play the role of the "come-to-life Pantoufle."
- In the original novel, Pantoufle is a rabbit, not a kangaroo.
- When Vianne and Anouk first go down to the river to see the River People, we hear Roux playing the guitar, but do not see him. Then, when Vianne and Anouk finally see Roux, it turns out that he is sitting with a guitar right in front of them – in a place where no one was sitting in the previous shot.
- When Vianne and Anouk first go down to the river to see the River People, we hear Roux playing the guitar, but we do not see him. Then, when Vianne and Anouk finally see Roux, it turns out he is sitting with his guitar right in front of them—in a spot that was empty in the previous shot.
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