---
title: 'Chocolat (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lasse Hallström'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 121
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/chocolat-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241303/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Chocolat (2000)

2000 · 121 min · Drama, Romance · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Chocolat is a 2000 romance film directed by Lasse Hallström from a screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on the 1999 novel by English author Joanne Harris. The film tells the story of Vianne Rocher, played by Juliette Binoche, who arrives in the fictional French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes at the beginning of Lent with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk. She opens a small chocolaterie. Soon, she and her chocolate influence the lives of the townspeople of this repressed French community in different and interesting ways.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lasse Hallström](https://cinepixo.com/people/lasse-hallstrom)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Nelson Jacobs](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-nelson-jacobs)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rachel Portman](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-portman)
- **Producer:** [David Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-brown), [Kit Golden](https://cinepixo.com/people/kit-golden), [Leslie Holleran](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-holleran)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roger Pratt](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-pratt)
- **Editor:** [Andrew Mondshein](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-mondshein)

## Cast

- [Leslie Caron](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-caron) as Madame Audel
- [Johnny Depp](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-depp) as Roux
- [Peter Stormare](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-stormare) as Serge Muscat
- [Lena Olin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lena-olin) as Joséphine Muscat
- [Élisabeth Commelin](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-commelin)
- [Gaelan Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaelan-connell)
- [Hugh O'Conor](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-o-conor) as Père Henri
- [Carrie-Anne Moss](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-anne-moss) as Caroline Clairmont
- [Victoire Thivisol](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoire-thivisol) as Anouk Rocher
- [John Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wood) as Guillaume Blerot
- [Ron Cook](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-cook) as Alphonse Marceau
- [Hélène Cardona](https://cinepixo.com/people/helene-cardona) as Francoise Drou
- [Judi Dench](https://cinepixo.com/people/judi-dench) as Armande Voizin
- [Alfred Molina](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-molina) as Comte De Reynaud
- [Juliette Binoche](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-binoche) as Vianne Rocher

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Official site: http://www.miramax.com/movie/chocolat
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/chocolat-2000
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