| Edition |
[Blu-ray version]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, 1080 High Definition, 16x9, 1.78:1 ; audio: English 5.1 DTS Master Audio, 5.1 Dolby digital; French 5.1 Dolby digital. |
| Note |
Origially produced as a motion picture in 2000. |
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Based on the novel by Joanne Harris. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Roger Pratt ; editor, Andrew Mondshein ; music, Rachel Portman ; production designer, David Gropman ; costume designer, Renée Ehrlich Kalfus. |
| Cast |
Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugh O'Conor, John Wood, Peter Stormare, Victoire Thivisol, Aurèlien Parent Koenig, Ron Cook, Elisabeth Commelin, Leslie Caron. |
| Summary |
Once upon a time, there was a quiet little village in the French countryside, whose people believed in Tranquilité - Tranquility. If you lived in this village, you understood what was expected of you. You knew your place in the scheme of things. And if you happened to forget, someone would help remind you. In this village, if you saw something you weren't supposed to see, you learned to look the other way. If perchance your hopes had been disappointed, you learned never to ask for more. So through good times and bad, famine and feast, the villagers held fast to their traditions. Until, one winter day, a sly wind blew in from the North... |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for a scene of sensuality and some violence. |
| Note |
Special features: Audio commentary with director Lasse Hallström and producers David Brown, Kit Golden and Leslie Holleran ; The making of Chocolat ; The costumes of Chocolat ; Production design featurette ; Deleted scenes. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional subtitles in English or Spanish. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- France -- Drama.
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Single mothers -- France -- Drama.
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Chocolate -- France -- Drama.
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Lent -- France -- Drama.
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Cities and towns -- France -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Magic realist films.
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| Subject |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Hallström, Lasse.
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Brown, David, 1916-2010.
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Golden, Kit.
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Holleran, Leslie (Motion picture producer)
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Jacobs, Robert Nelson.
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Binoche, Juliette, 1964-
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Dench, Judi, 1934-
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Molina, Alfred, 1953-
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Olin, Lena.
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Depp, Johnny.
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Moss, Carrie-Anne, 1970-
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O'Conor, Hugh, 1975-
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Wood, John, 1930-2011.
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Stormare, Peter.
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Harris, Joanne, 1964-
Chocolat.
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Miramax Films.
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Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.
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| Standard No. |
031398140580 |
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