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Merci pour le chocolat
FRANCE · 2000

Merci pour le chocolat

Claude Chabrol
family secrets switched at birth psychological manipulation wealth and privilege maternal obsession
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Synopsis

Mika, heiress to a Swiss chocolate company, is married to celebrated pianist André and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his tenth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne, a young woman who has learned she was almost switched with Guillaume at birth.

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