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Juliette
Binoche plays an enchantress who is also an itinerant
chocolate maker. She and her daughter blow into a staid French village in the
1950s and awaken its residents with her magic chocolates. Is she a
witch, as some believe, or a pagan priestess? Movie includes Judi
Dench, Johnny Depp and other non-French co-stars plus lots of
wonderful looking chocolates…cakes, truffles, hot chocolate with
peppers, chocolate almonds and more.
The music
The base
structure of strings and woodwinds that dominate composer Portman’s
works exists in full force here. Upon first listen to the score
without any knowledge of the film’s plot, the music seems either
Italian or Spanish, heavy with guitar driven Mediterranean
performances and an overly melodramatic Italian theme. Pieces of Chocolat
even draw their roots from the Tuscany portions of Only You. And yet
the film takes place in France, which isn’t too much of a leap. The
moments of ethnic outbursts are easily the highlight of the
score, delegating them to traditional guitars and
woodwinds rather than her favorite piano.
Sally
Bernstein
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