WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE

GENRE:  Drama
MADE:  1993
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis
DIRECTOR:  Lasse Hallstrom
WRITER:  Peter Hedges

PLOT:  The story of a young man's life caring for his fatherless family out in the middle of nowhere in a small town called Endora where his family is ridiculed for having an obese mother and life is hard trying to keep up with his younger brother Arnie.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Other Sister, Running With Scissors, Benny & Joon

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CHOCOLAT

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp, Lena Olin
DIRECTOR:  Lasse Hallstrom
WRITER:  Joanne Harris, Robert Nelson Jacobs

PLOT:  A traveling woman chocolatiere and daughter settle in a small village and open a chocolate shop where a many of life's questions and troubles occur, among them the village's disdain for the newcomer who does not abide by their conservative rules and values and the child's want of a normal life and mother that she can only express to her kangaroo friend named "Roo".

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  A Very Long Engagement, Finding Neverland, Benny & Joon

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