Chocolat - BLU-RAY

Bittersweet tale from director Lasse Hallström is set in a small French village in 1959, where single mother Josephine (Juliette Binoche) arrives with her daughter and opens a chocolate shop whose confections have an intoxicating and liberating effect on the townspeople, until the iron-willed mayor tries to shut her down. With Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Johnny Depp as an Irish river Gypsy seduced by Josephine's sweet spell. 121 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles English (SDH), Spanish; additional scenes; audio commentary; featurette; games.

Bittersweet tale from director Lasse Hallström is set in a small French village in 1959, where single mother Josephine (Juliette Binoche) arrives with her daughter and opens a chocolate shop whose confections have an intoxicating and liberating effect on the townspeople, until the iron-willed mayor tries to shut her down. With Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Johnny Depp as an Irish river Gypsy seduced by Josephine's sweet spell. 121 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio; Subtitles English (SDH), Spanish; additional scenes; audio commentary; featurette; games.

Based on Robert Cormier's controversial novel - once the most widely banned book in America -this Inchstarkly beautifulInch (San Francisco Chronicle) allegory of abusive power is set in a Catholic boy's school where a chocolate sale becomes a war over conformity. Jerry (Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Weird Science) is a student who refuses to take part, undercutting ambitious school administrator Brother Leon (John Glover, Scrooged). Leon secretly enlists Archie (Wallace Langham credited as Wally Ward, Ford v. Ferrari) - the sadistic mastermind of the school's resident gang - to force Jerry into line. But motives and results are far more complex than they first seem in this 'fascinating film done with style, with care and with excellenceInch (Los Angeles Times)