Drama / Romance

CHOCOLAT 

(2000, Cert 12, Drama/Romance, Run time 127 mins)
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Lead Actors: Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench
When a stranger called Vianne comes to town with her daughter and opens a chocolate shop, the usually reserved locals abandon themselves to chocolate temptation. But not everyone embraces her efforts, especially Reynaud, the self appointed leader of the town and a firm traditionalist. Fearing that Vianne is causing disruption in the town, he pits himself against her and forbids anyone from entering her store, hoping to run her out of town.  
 

DR ZHIVAGO  

(1965, Cert A, Drama/Romance, Run time 193 mins)
Director: David Lean
Lead Actors:  Julie Christie, Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtney, Geraldine Chapman
Boris Pasternak's Nobel prize-winning drama of life, love and adventure set against the
background of the Russian Revolution is brought vividly to the screen. 

ENGLISH PATIENT 

(1996, Cert 15, Drama/Romance, Run time 162 mins)
Director: Anthony Minghella
Lead Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth
A European aristocrat on an expedition in the Sahara Desert; a beautiful married woman consumed by a passionate love affair; a nurse exhausted by war and destruction; a professional thief and spy seeking revenge and a British army lieutenant with a dangerous mission are the threads that bind together The English Patient, an epic story of romances, mystery and adventure.