stories written by Phoebe

Both the film, directed by Lasse Halstrom and the book written by Joanne Harris are amazing. The film, starring Juliette Binoche as Vianne and Judi Dench as Amande Voizin, is told from Vianne and her daughter Anouk's pint of view whereas the book tells from both their view and the priest, Reynaud's view.

It is the story of Vianne Rocher and her daughter Anouk moving to a small extremely Catholic village in France and setting up a chocolate shop, on the first day of Lent. They learn to overcome the difficulties with the villagers and to help them with their problems.

Star(film)/5: ***

Star(book)/5: ****