Chocolat
Release date: 2000-12-22
Votes: 3445
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.
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