A Film by Claude Chabrol
Merci Pour Le Chocolat is vintage Chabrol: intricate plots wend their way through
the elegant homes of several well-heeled French-Swiss, in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Isabelle Huppert stars as Mika, the oh-so-perfect head of a company than manufactures
Swiss chocolate; Jacques Dutronc is Andre, her suave, concert pianist husband
whose first wife died years ago in a mysterious car accident. How is it that
Andre's teenage son has no musical talent, while the stunning Jeanne, who shares
his birthday, is already a world-class pianist? And why does Huppert insist
that everyone sip the hot chocolate she prepares so faithfully each evening?
Chabrol has fashioned a delectable mystery, dipped in darkest Swiss chocolate.
"An elegant study in perversity." -Edward Guthman, SF Chronicle
"A treat! A delicious blend of perversity, playfulness and deadly passion!"
-Derek Elley, Variety
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