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Her cold, pious daughter Caroline will not let her see her grandson Luc as she is a "bad influence". However, the austere Mayor Reynaud, whose pride will not admit his wife had left him, speaks out against Vianne for tempting the people during Lent.Īrmande, Vianne's elderly eccentric landlady, is one of Vianne's first allies. With a friendly and alluring nature, she begins to make headway with some of the villagers. Although not fitting in well with the townspeople she is nevertheless optimistic. Vianne wears more colourful clothing than the village women, is atheist, and is a single mother. Vianne opens a chocolate shop, much to Reynaud's chagrin. In 1959, they arrive in a quiet, traditional French village, overseen by village mayor the Comte de Reynaud at the start of the 40 days of Lent. Vianne Rocher, an expert chocolatière and her six-year-old daughter Anouk, drift across Europe following the north wind, like her mother before her. Binoche won the European Film Award for Best Actress for her performance, while Dench was awarded a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2001. It received five nominations at the 73rd Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film garnered a number of accolades, including many for its screenplay, direction, acting, and music. Critics gave the drama positive reviews, praising its acting performances, its screenplay and Rachel Portman's score. The film began a limited release in the United States on December 22, 2000, and went on general release on January 19, 2001. Soon, she and her chocolate influence the lives of the townspeople of this repressed French community in different and interesting ways. Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, Chocolat 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. Chocolat ( French pronunciation: ) is a 2000 film, based on the 1999 novel Chocolat by the English author, Joanne Harris, directed by Lasse Hallström.