Daily Dialogue — October 6, 2016

Vianne Rocher: And these are for your husband. Unrefined cacao nips from Guatemala, to awaken the passions.
Yvette Marceau: Psshh. You’ve obviously never met my husband.
Vianne Rocher: Well, you’ve obviously never tried these.

— Chocolat (2000), screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs, novel by Joanne Harris

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Cooking, suggested by Katha.

Trivia: The French town of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, where most of the movie was filmed (except for scenes on the water), does not have a chocolatier. However, it is the home of l’Abbaye de Flavigny; the abbey makes anise (and other flavored) candies that are sold worldwide in little tins decorated with flowered designs and copies of old engravings. Unfortunately, the factory does not allow visitors.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is a wonderful example of the ‘A stranger comes to town’ narrative as in opening her chocolate shop, newcomer Vianne shakes up the life of the village, a culinary wave which impacts multiple characters’ lives. Food as disruptor.