Merci pour le chocolat [videorecording] / un film de Claude Chabrol ; produit par Marin Karmitz ; producteurs associés Jean Louis Porchet et Gerard Ruey ; director, Claude Chabrol ; music, Matthieu Chabrol ; cinematography, Renato Berta ; screenplay Caroline Eliacheff ; une coproduction Franco-Suisse, MK2 Productions, CAB productions, France 2 Cinéma, Télévision Suisse romande ; avec la participation de Canal+ et de L'office federal de la culture (Suisse).
Based on The chocolate cobweb by Charlotte Armstrong. Special features: introduction by director Claude Chabrol; photo gallery; director and cast profiles; original French theatrical trailer. Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly, Brigitte Catillon, Mathieu Simonet.
Summary:
Huppert plays Mika, wife of celebrated pianist André Polonski (Jacques Dutronc) and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a carwreck on his sixth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne (Anna Mouglalis), a young woman who has learned that she was almost switched at birth with Guillaume. Also a pianist, she harbours a suspicion that she may be André's daughter.
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