Movies
& films about Chocolate
Chocolate is such a popular item, that many films and
movies have been made on chocolate or revolved around
the subject. Some of the best films are:
Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory (2005)
Starring Johnny Depp, this film is a remake of an old
movie, called Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,
made in 1971. Both books are based on the novel for
children, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, written
by British author Roald Dahl.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tells the story of
a child from a poor family, who wins one of the golden
tickets to visit the mythical Chocolate factory belonging
to Willy Wonka.
Chocolat (2000)
This movie, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp,
tells the story of a woman who cannot settle down and
travels the world with her six-year-old daughter. The
woman, called Vianne Rocher, opens a chocolate shop
every time she moves into a new city and the film starts
when she arrives in a small conservative town in the
South of France. This film is based on the homonyms
book, Chocolat, written by Joanne Harris.
Consuming passions (1988)
This film, titled ‘Cioccolato Bollente’
in Italian, was made in the UK and is a grotesque comedy
about a young executive who tries to modernise a chocolate
factory.
Like Water for Chocolate
(1993)
This movie is based on a novel by the Mexican author
Laura Esquivel. It tells the story of a strong passion
between the youngest of three daughters of a widow in
a remote ranch and Pedro. Pedro falls in love with the
widow’s youngest daughter, Tita. However, Tita’s
father wants to keep to the family tradition that the
youngest daughter cannot marry until the oldest has.
So, Pedro marries Tita’s oldest sister to remain
close to Tita. Pedro and Tita keep having a highly sensual
relationship, through the food that Tita prepares for
Pedro. The expression ‘like water for chocolate’
(como agua para chocolate in Spanish) in Spanish speaking
countries has a double meaning and it is a metaphor
for describing a state of passion or sexual arousal.
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