<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $25 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $152,699,946 </Td> </Tr> <P> Chocolat (French pronunciation: ​ (ʃɔkɔla)) is a 2000 British - American romantic comedy - drama film based on the novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris, and was directed by Lasse Hallström . Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, Chocolat tells the story of a young mother, played by Juliette Binoche, who arrives at the fictional, repressed French village of Lansquenet - sous - Tannes with her six - year - old daughter and opens La Chocolaterie Maya, a small chocolaterie . She and her chocolate quickly begin to influence the lives of the townspeople in very different and interesting ways . </P> <P> Filming took place between May and August 2000 . The film was shot in the village of Flavigny - sur - Ozerain in Burgundy, France, and on the Rue De L'ancienne Poste in Beynac - et - Cazenac on the Dordogne River in Dordogne, France . The river scenes were filmed at Fonthill Lake at Fonthill Bishop in Wiltshire, England and interior scenes at Shepperton Studios, Surrey, England . </P>

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