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Merci Pour Le Chocolat

A Film by Claude Chabrol

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Description

Merci Pour Le Chocolat is vintage Chabrol: intricate plots wend their way through the elegant homes of several well-heeled French-Swiss, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Isabelle Huppert stars as Mika, the oh-so-perfect head of a company that manufactures Swiss chocolate; Jacques Dutronc is Andre, her suave, concert pianist husband whose first wife died years ago in a mysterious car accident. How is it that Andre's teenage son has no musical talent, while the stunning Jeanne, who shares his birthday, is already a world-class pianist? And why does Huppert insist that everyone sip the hot chocolate she prepares so faithfully each evening? Chabrol has fashioned a delectable mystery, dipped in darkest Swiss chocolate.


What the Critics are Saying

"An elegant study in perversity." -SF Chronicle

"A tasty french thriller with Hitchcock on its mind!" -NY Daily News

"!" -Chicago Tribune

"Crackles with wit and elegance, humor and pathos!" -Los Angeles Times

"Serious fun! A witty, psychological thriller." -J. Hoberman, Village Voice

"A treat! A delicious blend of perversity, playfulness and deadly passion!" -Variety


Recommended Reading

Claude Chabrol by Guy Austin


Features and Specifications

Bonus materials:
  • Photo gallery
  • Original French trailer
  • Director & cast profiles
  • Introduction by Chabrol
  • 1.66:1 letterbox presentation
  • Chapters
  • Interactive menus

Format: DVD
Release Year: 2000
Running Time: 99 minutes
Color: Color
Language: French w/English subtitles



  

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