Chocolaterie Film Analysis - 1114 Words

Chocolaterie Film Critique Simon Clark Chocolat is a 2000 British American film set in a fake French village (Lansquenet-sous-Tannes) during the early fifties. Juliette Binoche plays a single mother with an illegitimate child who arrives in the village, and the movie follows the story of the town as she tries to start a Chocolaterie (chocolate shop) in the centre of town, The La Chocolaterie Maya finds business hard to begin with as the shop is set up during the time of lent, in which all the towns people participate. Vianne, the shop owner and mother, also makes it difficult because she does not attend the weekly church with all the other towns’ people. The story is full of small conflicts with people in the town and they are generally†¦show more content†¦The attack has luckily failed. The main conflict of the entire film is caused by Vianne’s presence and beliefs that are not welcome in the town. It is then the Counts problem to deal with her. They start a boycott on immorality in an attempt to stop people like Roux from buying from Viannes shop, and to try and make her bankrupt. But the small number of customers, keeps her running, it does not stop Roux who seeks interest in Vianne. Both of these conflicts require being dealt with. The town cannot continue in a regular stress free state until the issues with Vianne are reconciled, and a solution about Serge is come to. Out of an unchristian way that it not out of the bible, Serge attempts to fix both of these problems at the same time. When a party for an old lady, Armande, is held by Vianne and the other townspeople that are ok with the Chocolaterie, they all head down to Roux’s boat for a dance, and Josephine and Vianne’s daughter Anouk go to sleep on the boats. Serge takes the Count’s words of, â€Å"Someone needs to do something† the wrong way and decides to set the boats on fire in an arson attack. Luckily Josephine and Anouk aren’t dead but now Roux has no home. Serge did not follow the teachings of the bible and therefore caused more problems, and he solved none. The Count finds out about serge and banishes him from the town. Easter is approaching and the Count still has to deal with Vianne, who most of the town still dislikes. One day, on the