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Chocolat
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Mysterious Vianne and her child open a chocolate shop in a small French village, where no one could have imagined the impact that she and her spirited daughter would have on the community stubbornly rooted in tradition.
Mysterious Vianne and her child open a chocolate shop in a small French village, where no one could have imagined the impact that she and her spirited daughter would have on the community stubbornly rooted in tradition.
Actors:
Juliette Binoche,
Michèle Gleizer,
Victoire Thivisol,
Johnny Depp,
Leslie Caron,
Hugh OConor,
Élisabeth Commelin
Juliette Binoche
9 March 1964, Paris, France
Michèle Gleizer
Victoire Thivisol
6 July 1991, France
Johnny Depp
9 June 1963, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Leslie Caron
1 July 1931, Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Hugh OConor
19 April 1975, Dublin, Ireland
Élisabeth Commelin
Country:
United States, United Kingdom
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