Johnny plays Roux
1960, small town France. Vianne Rocher and her pre-teen daughter move into town and open a chocolate shop just as lent is beginning. The town's small-minded mayor can't accept this and does his best to shut her down, but her warm personality and incredible chocolates manage to win over many townsfolk. Things get shaken up even more when a group of river drifters, led by Roux, stop into town (to the even greater distress of the mayor) and Vianne takes up with him. Meanwhile, she's been helping Josephine out of her abusive marriage and her equally freethinking landlord, Amande Voisin, get together with her grandson, Luc, whose mother doesn't approve of Amande's ways.
Cast
Alfred Molina
.... Comte De Reynaud
Carrie-Anne Moss .... Caroline Clairmont
Aurelien Parent Koenig .... Luc Clairmont (as Aurèlien Parent Koenig)
Antonio Gil-Martinez .... Jean-Marc Drou
Hélène Cardona .... Francoise Drou
Harrison Pratt .... Dedou Drou
Gaelan Connell .... Didi Drou
Elisabeth Commelin .... Yvette Marceau
Ron Cook .... Alphonse Marceau
Guillaume Tardieu .... Baptiste Marceau
Hugh O'Conor .... Pere Henri
John Wood .... Guillaume Blerot
Lena Olin .... Josephine Muscat
Peter Stormare .... Serge Muscat
Leslie Caron .... Madame Audel
Juliette Binoche .... Vianne Rocher
Victoire Thivisol .... Anouk Rocher
Judi Dench .... Armande Voizin
Michèle Gleizer .... Madame Rivet
Dominique MacAvoy .... Madame Pouget (as Dominique Mac'Avoy)
Arnaud Adam .... George Rocher
Christianne Gadd .... Chitza
Johnny Depp .... Roux
Marion Hauducoeur .... Gati
USA 15 December
2000 (Los Angeles, California) USA 15 December 2000 (New York City, New
York) USA 22 December 2000 (limited) USA 5 January 2001
New Zealand 1 February 2001 Germany 10 February 2001 (Berlin International
Film Festival) Australia 14 February 2001 Brazil 16 February 2001 Finland
16 February 2001
Israel 22 February 2001 Greece 23 February 2001 Italy 23 February 2001
South Korea 24 February 2001 France 28 February 2001 Argentina 1 March 2001
Sweden 2 March 2001 UK 2 March 2001 Taiwan 3 March 2001 Hong Kong 8 March
2001
Netherlands 8 March 2001 Denmark 9 March 2001 Spain 9 March 2001 Belgium
14 March 2001
Switzerland 14 March 2001 (French speaking region) Germany 15 March 2001
Hungary 15 March 2001 Peru 15 March 2001 Singapore 15 March 2001
Switzerland 15 March 2001 (German speaking region) Iceland 16 March 2001
Mexico 16 March 2001 Philippines 21 March 2001 Lithuania 20 April 2001 Japan
28 April 2001
Czech Republic 10 May 2001 Malaysia 17 May 2001 Slovenia 31 May 2001
Poland 8 June 2001 Estonia 3 August 2001 Russia 26 September 2001 (DVD premiere)
Kuwait 10 October 2001 Egypt 24 October 2001 Germany 23 May 2002 (re-release)
Finland 12 July 2002 (re-release)
