What is "chocolat"

Chocolat is a 1999 novel by Joanne Harris. It tells the story of Vianne Rocher, a young single mother, who arrives in the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes at the beginning of Lent with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk. Vianne has arrived to open a chocolaterie La Céleste Pralinewhich is on the square opposite the church. During the traditional season of fasting and self-denial she gently change the lives of the villagers who visit her with a combination of sympathy, subversion and a little magic.

This scandalizes Francis Reynaud, the village priest, and his supporters. As tensions run high, the community is increasingly divided. And as Easter approaches, pitting the ritual of the Church against the indulgence of chocolate, Father Reynaud and Vianne Rocher face an inevitable showdown.

Harris has indicated that several of the characters were influenced by individuals in her life: Her daughter forms the basis for the young Anouk, including her imaginary rabbit, Pantoufle. Harris' strong-willed and independent great-grandmother influenced her portrayal of both Vianne and the elderly Armande.

The Lollipop Shoes, a sequel, was published in the United Kingdom in 2007 (released in the U.S. in 2008 as The Girl with No Shadow).

In 2012, a further sequel was published, entitled Peaches for Monsieur le Curé (Peaches for Father Francis in the US).

Chocolat is a 2000 British-American romantic comedy-drama film based on the novel of the same name by Joanne Harris, and was directed by Lasse Hallström. Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, Chocolat tells the story of a young mother, played by Juliette Binoche, who arrives at the fictional, repressed French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old daughter and opens La Chocolaterie Maya, a small chocolaterie. Her chocolate quickly begins to change the lives of the townspeople.

Filming took place between May and August 2000. The film was shot in the village of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain in Burgundy, France, and on the Rue De L'ancienne Poste in Beynac-et-Cazenac on the Dordogne River in Dordogne, France. The river scenes were filmed at Fonthill Lake at Fonthill Bishop in Wiltshire, England and interior scenes at Shepperton Studios, Surrey, England.

The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It was also nominated for eight BAFTAs, and four Golden Globes. Judi Dench won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in the film.

Chocolat is a 1988 film directed by Claire Denis, about a French family that lives in colonial Cameroon. Marc and Aimée Dalens ( François Cluzet and Giulia Boschi) are the parents of France (Cécile Ducasse), a young girl who befriends Protée ( Isaach De Bankolé), a Cameroon native who is the family's household servant. The film was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.

Chocolat may refer to:

• Chocolat (novel), a 1999 novel by Joanne Harris.
• Chocolat (2000 film), an adaptation of the novel, about a woman who opens a chocolaterie
  • Chocolat (soundtrack)
• Chocolat (1988 film), a drama about a family in Cameroon
• Chocolat (2016 film), a French film
• Chocolat (manga), a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Eisaku Kubonouchi
• Chocolat (manhwa), a manhwa written by Shin Ji-sang and illustrated by Geo
• Chocolat (singer) (born 1978), Japanese singer
• Chocolat (group), a South Korean girl group
• "Chocolat" (song), a 2008 song by Kaya
• Chocolat (clown) (c. 1868–1917), French circus artist of Afro-Cuban descent

Chocolat ( Hangul: 쇼콜라, Syokolla), commonly stylized as ChoColat, was a South Korean girl group created by Paramount Music in 2011. The group's name stems from the idea that each member is reminiscent of a different type of chocolate. The name of the group was initially going to be "Chocolate", but there was already a group with that name, so Paramount Music decided to use the French word chocolat instead. The group consists of mixed race members.

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eisaku Kubonouchi and serialized in the magazine Big Comic Spirits. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama in 2003 and a Taiwan television series in 2013.

Chocolat was the stage name of Rafael Padilla, a clown who performed in a Paris circus around the turn of the 20th-century. Rafael was of Afro-Cuban descent and was one of the earliest successful black entertainers in modern France. He was the first black clown to play a lead role in a circus pantomime act, and with his longtime partner George Foottit they revolutionized the art of clowning by pairing the sophisticated white clown with the foolish auguste clown.

Chocolat is a 2016 French drama film directed by Roschdy Zem and starring Omar Sy and James Thiérrée.

(born February 15, 1978) is a Japanese singer from the greater Tokyo area in Japan. Her first single, "Chocolat a la mode", was released in 1997 on Epic Records (Japan). Her younger twin sister Heaco is also a singer. In 1998, Chocolat married the musician Akito Katayose from the band GREAT3 in Maui, Hawaii, which subsequently became her favorite place. In 2000, she moved from Epic Records to Warner Bros. Japan and later that year recorded the duet single "VERANDA" with her husband, credited as Akito Katayose featuring Chocolat. In 2005, she and her husband formed the group Chocolat & Akito.