When Does the Film "Chocolat" (2000) Take Place?
"Chocolat" is a romance fantasy film written by Robert Nelson Jacobs [adapting "Chocolat" (1999) by Joanne Harris] that released December 22nd, 2000. So when is "Chocolat" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because very early on we hear Catholic priest Father Henri declare ..."so, in this year of our lord, 1959"... in the local church of the little French town of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes.
1959 AD
We know this because very early on we hear Catholic priest Father Henri declare ..."so, in this year of our lord, 1959"... in the local church of the little French town of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes.
More specifically, there are multiple references telling us the narrative starts at the very beginning of Lent. Including earlier in the very same scene Father Henri saying, "The season of Lent is upon us." The annual Christian period of Lent always starts 40 days before the Easter holiday. In the real-world, the 1959 Lent season began on February 11th, 1959 AD. So it's probably February of 1959 AD at the beginning.
Later, Comte de Reynaud is helping Father Henri prepare his Easter Sunday sermon and the real-world Easter holiday fell on March 29th, 1959 AD. So presumably it is March of 1959 AD a this point.
v
