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Better Than Chocolate (1999)
Release Year: 1999
Nation: Canada
Alternative Title: Melhor que Chocolate, Meilleur que le chocolat, Mejor que el chocolate, Parempaa kuin suklaa, Suklaata suloisempaa, Méz és csokoládé, Lepsze od czekolady, Лучше, чем шоколад, Bättre än choklad
Director: Anne Wheeler
Writer: Peggy Thompson, Walter Donohue
Production & Genre
Producer(s):
Companies: British Columbia Film, CITY-TV, Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC, Rave Film, Rogers Telefund, The Harold Greenberg Fund, The Movie Network, Téléfilm Canada, WIC Entertainment
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Lgbt-Related Film, Romance, Romantic Comedy
Awards & Similar
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Keywords
Keywords: canada, coming out, eroticism, lesbian relationship, lesbian sex, lgbt, transsexuality, vancouver, woman director
Story
Maggie, after moving into her own place in Vancouver, meets and falls in love with Kim, a fellow lesbian. They soon move in together. However, Maggie's recently divorced mother, Lila, moves to Vancouver along with Maggie's younger brother, becoming unsolicited roommates just as the relationship between Maggie and Kim begins. Lila is initially unaware of Maggie's sexual orientation and Maggie isn't open about it. Meanwhile, Lila befriends Judy, a transsexual who is about to undergo a sex-change operation. As Lila becomes more integrated into Vancouver's LGBTQ+ community through her friendship with Judy, she learns the truth about Maggie and Kim, leading to complications.
Summary
Better Than Chocolate is a 1999 Canadian romantic comedy-drama directed by Anne Wheeler. The film centers around Maggie, played by Christina Cox, who embarks on a passionate relationship with Kim (Keli Anderson) while trying to navigate her newly independent life in Vancouver. The narrative becomes complicated when Maggie's recently divorced mother, Lila (Wendy Crewson), moves into her apartment along with Maggie's younger brother, forcing Maggie to keep her sexual orientation hidden from them. Lila's friendship with Judy, a transsexual about to undergo gender reassignment surgery, exposes her to Vancouver's LGBTQ+ community and ultimately leads to her discovering Maggie's truth.
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