Post by TRE on Oct 10, 2010 19:56:35 GMT -5
The beauty of this film was not the setting or the spicy cast of characters which vaguely lead one to ask, "Does your dog bite?," but rather the slow unfolding of the psychologies associated with narrow minded bigotry and the nature of the sub-conscious desire for that which eludes us as children throughout our adulthood.
It is a study in truth and submission to the truth that each of us feel is our own but which actually is shared by all of us as community and children of some conflict within us perpetuated by our parents. Chocolat is the adventure of the brave soul into a world beyond our full admission of where love begins. The metaphor for Chocolat and its mysteries plays out as the surrender to the dark, sweet truth of where we wish to go.
This film may have been a sleeper for some American Box Offices but it was a keeper for Europeans...
The socio-political overtones are seriously addressed through out this movie as gender issues, religious reasoning, and the frailties of insecurity in nearly every way imaginable. The induction of each character to the world of Chocolat as the proverbial watering hole of ancient times exposes them at their weakest points of aloneness to a community which has no choice but to accept them and carry on the crusade. It is a glorious adventure that leads us down to the river, behind the bar and to grandmothers house for tea.
Dont miss this movie and dont miss the compelling role of Chocolat itself as a character with an enigmatic history carried forward as a long line of tradition and storytelling through the wind and hearts of nomads!
It is a study in truth and submission to the truth that each of us feel is our own but which actually is shared by all of us as community and children of some conflict within us perpetuated by our parents. Chocolat is the adventure of the brave soul into a world beyond our full admission of where love begins. The metaphor for Chocolat and its mysteries plays out as the surrender to the dark, sweet truth of where we wish to go.
This film may have been a sleeper for some American Box Offices but it was a keeper for Europeans...
The socio-political overtones are seriously addressed through out this movie as gender issues, religious reasoning, and the frailties of insecurity in nearly every way imaginable. The induction of each character to the world of Chocolat as the proverbial watering hole of ancient times exposes them at their weakest points of aloneness to a community which has no choice but to accept them and carry on the crusade. It is a glorious adventure that leads us down to the river, behind the bar and to grandmothers house for tea.
Dont miss this movie and dont miss the compelling role of Chocolat itself as a character with an enigmatic history carried forward as a long line of tradition and storytelling through the wind and hearts of nomads!