NPR's Film Critic Bob Mondello tells us about the movie Chocolat, from Swedish director Les Halstrom, starring actress Juliet Binoche and Johnny Depp.It's a comic fable about a small French villa ...

A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence.

Joanne Harris, 'Chocolat' (1999) Chocolate has been an object ... and almost everything is centred around the chocolate shop and its treats. In a way, the movie is an ode to the distinctive power of ...

Bestselling author Joanne Harris shot to fame in 1999 with her novel Chocolat. It was a huge word-of-mouth hit and was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring ... a chocolate shop is a now ...