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Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller - 2000
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Mika is the wife of celebrated pianist Andre Polonski and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his sixth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne, a young woman who has learned that she was almost switched at birth with Guillaume whilst in hospital. Also a pianist, Jeanne harbors a suspicion that she may be Andre's daughter. Andre undertakes to continue her piano tuition, but, on entering the Polonski family, Jeanne begins to notice the icily controlled Mika behaving strangely. Her suspicions aroused, Jeanne begins the dangerous task of unraveling Mika's dark past of secrets and lies...
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
99 min
Release date:
1 Aug 2000
Country:
CH, FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
5 wins & 4 nominations

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Merci Pour le Chocolat has a restraint and rigor that we don't see in commercial American films, the kind that a director creates when he has no interest in sentimentality or in soliciting the audience's favor.
– Edward Guthmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Oct 2002
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It's enough to watch Huppert scheming, with her small, intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain, and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that Chabrol spins.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
18 Oct 2002
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An elegant, exquisitely modulated psychological thriller.
– Susan Stark,
Detroit News,
8 Nov 2002
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A tasty appetizer that leaves you wanting more.
– Philip Wuntch,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Nov 2002
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We can rejoice that he carries on, breathes his profession as his native air, makes pictures of varying quality but persistently makes them.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
5 Mar 2013
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