Merci Pour le Chocolat (2000)
After the death of his second wife, concert pianist André Polonski remarries his first wife, Swiss chocolate-company heiress Mika Muller. Soon a young piano student, Jeanne Polet, gets the idea that she may be André's daughter. She visits his house in Lausanne, gets to know André's son Guillaume who was born on the same day as she, and starts taking piano lessons from André... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Claude Chabrol
Written By: Claude Chabrol, Charlotte Armstrong, Caroline Eliacheff
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Michel Robin, Brigitte Catillon, Isolde Barth, Rodolphe Pauly, Mathieu Simonet, Véronique Alain, François Germond, Lydia Andrei, Jacqueline Burnand
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
AKA: Nightcap
Country: France, Switzerland
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Merci Pour le Chocolat belongs to 5 collections
1. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
2. Psychotic women (collaborative: moderated by mattburgess - 5 stars)
3. French language - easy to understand (public: juandr - 1 star)
4. Grande Bourgeoisie (collaborative: moderated by Veterini)
5. 2000: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
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| Aug 02, 2022 |  |
DawdlingPoet | 70 52nd |
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This is the film for you if you like piano recitals and domestic crime dramas. The plot has some intriguing twists and its somewhat thought provoking, with a feel of mystery about it. Its interesting to see how the man reacts when the accusations are told to him. There does appear to be an element of handbags at dawn about this film though, its fair to say. Yes, I'd recommend this film.
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| Dec 28, 2021 | Lonewolf2003 | 62 23rd |
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Chabrol focus more on psychology of his characters than on building suspenseful setpieces. I can appreciate this approach at times. But in this Chabrol plays his cards too close to his chest. There is too little real intrigue in the plot to keep it engaging. On the other side the movie also doesn't delve deep enough into its characters to stand out as a psychological thriller. It mostly are the stellar performances by Huppert among others that make this worth a watch.
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| Sep 05, 2020 |  |
driscarpin | 73 51st |
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A Teia de Chocolate estreava há 20 anos no Festival de Veneza. Uma das colaborações mais fracas entre Chabrol e Huppert, ele prometia muito mas vai se enfraquecendo conforme a narrativa avança, até não sobrar grande coisa no final. Blu-ray rip no MakingOff.
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| Dec 27, 2018 | TimGray | 85 6th |
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An excellent example of a cold, calculating, manipulative woman. If that were all I was looking for, then this would score a 100. Unfortunately, only about half of the dialogue was displayed in English subtitles, which increases the mystery substantially.
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| May 08, 2017 |  |
HKi | 67 46th |
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very funny film...
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| Nov 14, 2011 |  |
billkerwin | 90 83rd |
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Another subtle portrait of manipulative evil from Chabrol and Huppert. The plot isn't much, but watching the cold, clinical Huppert is infinitely disturbing, so disturbing that the viewer is forced to abandon his psychological questions for metaphysical ones--and receive no answers to either.
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| Oct 19, 2010 |  |
SlantMag | 35 90th |
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"Claude Chabrol's camera has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters, veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements." - Ed Gonzalez
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| Feb 22, 2010 |  |
Moribunny | 65 65th |
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Written and directed with the same finesse as most of Chabrol's films, but definitely not as successful as, say, Judgment in Stone or The Girl Cut in Two. The dialog and acting are good and the psychology is convincing, but there are still believability issues, something clunky about plot development, some points too vague, too many loose ends. Still a pretty nice suspense/drama.
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| May 29, 2009 |  |
CCLZA | 85 89th |
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Chabrol's masterfully nuanced direction and the great leading performances make this movie a delightful take on the psychological horror field.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | duandsku | 88 80th |
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In this surprisingly successful Hitchcock update, Isabelle Huppert gives one of her best performances as a mother that doesn't understand her own cold and villainous actions. Anna Maoglalis excels as the Nancy Drew-like detective out to bring her down. Psychologically intense and unfolds in a strange but plausible manner. The classical music component is handled quite masterfully, as well.
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| Average Percentile 52.48% from 160 Ratings |  |