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Director Lesser Holstein’s "The Years of Dog Face" also took place in 1959.
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This is the second time that Vitor Siveso played the daughter of Juliet Binoche. They first joined forces in the movie "Love in the Red Dust".
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This is the second collaboration between Lena Olin and Juliet Binoche after their love in the movie "Love in Prague".
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Johnny Depp played the guitar in three scenes in the movie, and also contributed 2 original vocals for the music soundtrack.
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The three major heroines of the film, Juliet Binoche, Judy Dench, and Vitor Siveso were all nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the last Oscar, and the first two were nominated again for the film.
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For the filming of the film, Juliet Binoche made a special trip to a chocolate shop in Paris to learn how to make chocolate.
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Although most of the scenes of the film were shot in France, the roles played by Johnny Depp were all shot elsewhere.
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In many kitchen scenes, we see a woman's hand stirring chocolate, but in fact it is not Binoche's hand, but an extra actor's hand wearing a Viann bracelet.
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The ship where Juliet and Johnny were in love each other was actually built on a stage, artificially imitating the shaking of water waves, and the reflection of the ship was also done by computer stunts.
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Johnny and Juliet did jump into the water. But from the close-up of Juliet's face in the water, it can be seen that the person holding her is not Johnny, because this scene was shot in a pool.
Chocolat behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Comte de Reynaud: [forcing Serge into the confessional] He is ready.
Père Henri: But confession must be made in the spirit of contrition.
Comte de Reynaud: [pulling open the curtain] You, have you come in the spirit of contrition?
Serge: Contrition... yes contrition,
Comte de Reynaud: [shutting curtain] He is ready.
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Francoise 'Fuffi' Drou: I heard she was some kind of radical.