CHOCOLAT

Wgen beaufifuf,unmarrie Vianne Rocger sweeps into the pinched little French town of Lansquenet on the heels of the carnival and opens a gem of a chocolate shop across the square from the church,she begins to wreak havoc with the towns Lenten vows.Her uncanny ability to Perceive her customers private discontents and alleviate them with just the right confection coaxes the villagers to abandon themselves to temptation and happiness,but enrages Pere Reynaud,the local priest.Certain only a witch could stir such sinful indulgence and devise such clever sures,Reynaud pits himself againat Vianne and vows to block the chocolate festival she plans for Easter Sunday,and to run her out of town forever.Witch or not(shell never tell),Vianne soon sparks a dramatic confrontation between those who prefer the cold comforts of the church and those who revel in their newly discovered taste for pleasure.