CINEMA AND FOOD: the kitchen in the film Chocolate, by Lasse Hallström

Authors

  • Poliana Araújo de Brito Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Diego Felipe Araújo da Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Michelle Cristine Medeiros da Silva Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
  • Eneída Laís de Oliveira Sousa Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Herbenny Hellen Medeiros de Brito Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Patrícia Carla Santos de Morais Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Adriana Maria da Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Andressa Soares de Araújo Batista Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.14135

Abstract

The cinematic art has the power to address the sociocultural behavior of people as determined by values and principles established by a civilization. Given the ability of the cinemato reflect on culture, this paper aims to discuss culinary aspects of the film Chocolat, by Lasse Hallström, by emphasizing the notion of cooking as a cultural food system, mainly focusing on the meanings the movie characters attributed to chocolate and to the cook. We used the methods of Moving Image Analysis, and some scenes were selected and discussed. We listed the following four categories: cultural heritage, religion, commensality and pleasure. With the analysis of the film, it was noticed that the kitchen is not only a physical space but also a system where the chocolate ingredient and the cook effectively modified pre-established habits in the portrayed society.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.14135

 

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2015-03-10

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Brito PA de, Silva DFA da, Silva MCM da, Sousa EL de O, Brito HHM de, Morais PCS de, et al. CINEMA AND FOOD: the kitchen in the film Chocolate, by Lasse Hallström. DEMETRA [Internet]. 2015 Mar. 10 [cited 2025 May 3];10(1):27-42. Available from: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/demetra/article/view/14135

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015)

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