Vianne and Anouk arrive in Lansquenet and open a chocolaterie.

Single mom Vianne brings her six-year-old daughter to move into a small French just before the beginning of Lent. They set up shop across the street from the local church in this deeply religious town, selling the one thing that categorically makes all of life better--chocolate! But the townspeople are told to give up chocolate for Lent! Tragedy ensues! (Did I mention the forbidden chocolate?)

Ok, despite the epic loss of chocolate (well, really, its epic victory), this movie is a terrific testimony to the power of embrace over exclusion, and creating a community that makes a home for outsiders whether they choose to stay or not.




How to Commemorate

• Eat chocolate.
• Make chocolate.
• Chocolate!!

**This movie is also great for Easter. Just saying. It gets Lent coming and going.

Works Cited
Chocolat (movie)
Amazon     Barnes & Noble     Public Libraries


*See also the original novel by Joanne Harris.

Ash/Ash Wednesday

You’ve got a choice for this holy day.  You can either watch Ash Wednesday--about two brothers (Edward Burns and pre-LOTR Elijah Wood) in Hell’s Kitchen trying to evade the Irish mob --or Army of Darkness--featuring a modern guy named Ash with one hand who finds himself transported into a ghoul-infested year 1300 with only his boom-stick and his know-how to get him back home.  Your call.

How to Commemorate

• Go to church and get ashes on your forehead.
• Reconnect with forgotten Irish relatives.
• Quote Bruce Campbell. For example:
• Hail to the king, baby.
• This is my boom stick!
• Groovy.
• Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.

 

Works Cited   

Ash Wednesday

Amazon    Barnes & Noble    Public Libraries

Works Cited   

Army of Darkness

Amazon    Barnes & Noble    Public Libraries

Vianne and Anouk arrive in Lansquenet and open a chocolaterie.

Single mom Vianne brings her six-year-old daughter to move into a small French just before the beginning of Lent.  They set up shop across the street from the local church in this deeply religious town, selling the one thing that categorically makes all of life better--chocolate! But the townspeople are told to give up chocolate for Lent! Tragedy ensues! (Did I mention the forbidden chocolate?)

Ok, despite the epic loss of chocolate (well, really, its epic victory), this movie is a terrific testimony to the power of embrace over exclusion, and creating a community that makes a home for outsiders whether they choose to stay or not.

How to Commemorate

• Eat chocolate.
• Make chocolate.
• Chocolate!!

**This movie is also great for Easter. Just saying. It gets Lent coming and going.

Works Cited   

Chocolat (movie)

Amazon    Barnes & Noble    Public Libraries

*See also the original novel by Joanne Harris.