"Pagan" in red cloak

Peggie 2022-03-16 09:01:03

How can I say it? Let's talk about chocolate first without talking about anything else. This movie made me, who usually doesn't eat chocolate very much, fall in love with it. The scene of making chocolate in the movie is really beautiful. Group screenshots.

Here are some of my views:

I am very interested in the mysterious disc that is carved with chocolate beans. It has a magical function. When the disc rotates and you stare at it, say what you see, and the hostess will come up with the right one for you. chocolate tasting. At the same time, people gradually came to visit the chocolate shop. It was like a harbor, and it was more like a gathering place for new religious beliefs. And the mysterious disc is the holy relic of religion.

The appearance of the male protagonist, the director shaped this sacred object and finally "broken it". I want to say that the advice given by others may not be suitable for you. Different religious principles may not be completely true. What you hear every day may not be true. Follow your inner self and develop a vision to examine everything to experience life.

This is the disc with religious overtones

There is a very similar scene in the film. One is the mayor kneeling in front of Jesus for help, and then the mayor takes a knife and goes to the chocolate shop to see the woman made of chocolate through the window. There is an inner and inner echo in the moment of this picture. I think the director wants to tell us that in this world, different religions, races and even countries should have different voices. When they tolerate and understand each other, I think Jesus was on that night. What I want to tell him is to taste it, you will like it, that is tolerance.

you have your jesus

i have my chocolate princess

The movie "Food and Sex" really answers this old saying. The mayor accidentally tasted the taste of chocolate and burst out with a desire for food. The husband inadvertently picked up the chocolate on the ground and ate it, looking straight at his wife's desire for sex with a flushed face.

Desire for the "Chocolate Princess"

blushing desire

Red represents faith. The mayor's desire for power and belief in family rules can be fully felt from the restaurant, which is in sharp contrast with the contrast of the corridor colors.

Faith in family law and rights

In the opening chapter, the mother and daughter are wearing red cloaks, just like the "Little Red Riding Hood" in fairy tales, and like "missionaries" from afar. This red is another kind of faith, the desire for freedom and independence, the pursuit of love, and the persistence to truth.

"Missionaries" in red cloaks

Religious red satin

Heretics in the eyes of the mayor

The "mad woman" in red after firming her faith

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Extended Reading

Chocolat quotes

  • [Anouk has come home from school upset]

    Vianne Rocher: Anouk, just tell me what happened.

    Anouk Rocher: Are you Satan's helper?

    Vianne Rocher: Well, it... it's not easy, being different.

    Anouk Rocher: Why can't we go to church?

    Vianne Rocher: Well, you can if you want... but it won't make things easier.

    Anouk Rocher: Why can't you wear black shoes like the other mothers?

  • Vianne Rocher: Things could be different for you, Josephine. Serge doesn't run the world.

    Josephine: He might as well.

    Vianne Rocher: Is that what you believe?

    Josephine: I know it.

    Vianne Rocher: Oh. Well, then it must be... must be true. My mistake.