Chocolat is a novel by Joanne Harris. It tells the story of a young widowed mother who arrives in an oppressed French village and uses her chocolate to bring joy to people's lives.
In 2000, the book was adapted to film by Robert Nelson Jacobs. It was directed by Lasse Hallstr? and starred Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Hugh O'Conor, Lena Olin, Peter Stormare and Leslie Caron.