Merci pour le chocolat

France

Synopsis

André Polonski, a virtuoso pianist, and Mika marry for the second time in Lausanne, years after their first, very brief union. In the meantime, André had married Lisbeth who gave him a son, Guillaume. On the day of his sixth birthday, while the family was staying with Mika in Switzerland, Lisbeth died in a car accident. Young Jeanne, who is preparing the Budapest piano competition, happens to learn that she was almost switched on the day of her birth with Guillaume Polonski. In her quest for her origins and a mentor, Jeanne enters the Polonski family that is not her own.
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Cast & Crew

Directed by: Claude Chabrol

Written by: Caroline Eliacheff, Claude Chabrol

Produced by: Marin Karmitz

Cinematography: Renato Berta

Editing: Monique Fardoulis

Production Design: Yvan Niclass

Costume Design: Elisabeth Tavernier

Original Score: Matthieu Chabrol

Cast: Jacques Dutronc (André Polonski), Anna Mouglalis (Jeanne Pollet), Rodolphe Pauly (Guillaume Polonski), Isabelle Huppert (Marie-Claire "Mika" Muller)

Nominations and Awards

  • Feature Film Selection 2001