One of my Other Favorites: Chocolat

Here's a bit about it from Wikipedia. 

"Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) like her ancestors, drifts across France. In the winter of 1959, she travels to a tranquil French village, where she and her daughter, Anouk (Victoire Thivisol), open a small chocolaterie. The store imbues both wonder and angst within the classical villagers as it opens during the forty days of Lent.

Soon, Vianne's allure and confections enliven a married couple's sex life, encourage an elderly man's secret love, bring rapport with a willful diabetic, and comfort an awkward woman who longs to leave her drunk and abusive husband. Nevertheless, the devout village mayor, Comte Paul de Reynaud (Alfred Molina), sees Vianne as an immoral provocateur and quietly contests against her. The battle peaks when a band of river gypsies camp on the village outskirts and Vianne finds a strong, mutual sexual attraction with the Manush Romani (Gypsy) Roux (Johnny Depp). "

Go here to see the trailer.

Pan's Labyrinth

This is one of my favorites of the aforementioned movies. So here's a bit more about Pan's Labyrinth. 

"Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro returns to the phantasmagorical cinema that defined such early fare as Cronos and The Devil's Backbone with this haunting fantasy-drama set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and detailing the strange journeys of an imaginative young girl who may be the mythical princess of an underground kingdom. Her mother, Carmen (Ariadna Gil), recently remarried to sadistic army captain Vidal (Sergi López) and soon to bear the cruel military man's child, shy young Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) is forced to entertain herself as her recently-formed family settles into their new home nestled deep in the Spanish countryside. As Ofelia's bed-ridden mother lies immobilized in anticipation of her forthcoming child and her high-ranking stepfather remains determined to fulfill the orders of General Francisco Franco to crush a nearby guerilla uprising, the young girl soon ventures into an elaborate stone labyrinth presided over by the mythical faun Pan (Doug Jones). Convinced by Pan that she is the lost princess of legend and that in order to return to her underground home she must complete a trio of life-threatening tasks, Ofelia sets out to reclaim her kingdom and return to her grieving father as Vidal's housekeeper Mercedes (Maribel Verdú) and doctor (Alex Angulo) plot secretly on the surface to keep the revolution alive." - Jason Buchanan, Rovi on Moviefone 

If you want to see the trailer go here. 

Movies and Magical Realism

So I was looking through all of the movies I have scattered about the house (I have a ton of movies...what can I say, who doesn't like being entertained?) And a great deal of them can be labeled Magical Realism. (I'm still not entirely sure why on all of them but I looked them up to make sure.)

Here's what I have:

So What's Up With These Posts?

By now you've realized that I have deleted the old posts and put up better ones. (Unless you've never been here before...in which case ignore this post)

So...

Why?

Well... my project is about to be presented in class and I thought my posts were a bit all over the place. I wanted something a little more cohesive. So I took my old posts and rewrote them. 

And now you're wondering; why in all hell have I bothered you with this random useless knowledge? (Most of you probably didn't notice or didn't care.) It's for the few of you who may have noticed...no; you're not going insane (I may be but you're not) , yes; I did alter the posts.