Blood and Chocolate (2007)

Director:

Katja von Garnier

Writers (WGA):

Ehren Kruger (screenplay) and
Christopher B. Landon (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance

Tagline:

Temptation comes in many forms.

Plot:

A young teenage werewolf (Bruckner) is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man (Dancy).

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Bucharest Romania | Romania | Wolf | Heavy Rain

Cast

Agnes Bruckner	...	Vivian
Hugh Dancy	...	Aiden
Olivier Martinez	...	Gabriel
Katja Riemann	...	Astrid
Bryan Dick	...	Rafe
Chris Geere	...	Ulf
Tom Harper	...	Gregor
John Kerr	...	Finn
Jack Wilson	...	Willem
Vitalie Ursu	...	Constani
Bogdan Voda	...	Albu
Kata Dobó	...	Beatrice
Rodica Mandache	...	Mrs. Bellagra
Sandu Mihai Gruia	...	Pharmacist (as Sandu Gruia)
Helga Racz	...	Young Vivian

Also Known As:

Blood & Chocolate - Die Nacht der Werwölfe (Germany) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence/terror, some sexuality and substance abuse.

Runtime:

USA:98 min | Argentina:98 min

Country:

USA | UK | Germany | Romania

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Ireland:15A | Brazil:14 | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:12 | Finland:K-13 | UK:12 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Berrick Filmproduktion

Quotes:

Vivian: What we are not is what we are taught to fear.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HypaSpace: (#6.20)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Eu Te Iubesc Prea Mult

Blood and Chocolate is More Sweet than Sour

Blood and Chocolate was directed by Katja von Garnier and based on the book written by Annette Curtis Klause. It is the story of a woman caught between the loyalty of her Werewolf heritage and her desire to love a human.

Agnes Bruckner plays the lead role of Vivian and Hugh Dancy plays her lead love interest. Agnes seems perfectly cast because when one thinks of hairy wolf women their first thought probably isn't: sexy. Yet her features brought the believability that she could be that wolf woman and at the same time she was appealing. The rest of the cast do fine with their roles as well.

I was surprised that I enjoyed this movie. Critically I think more choose to bash the film than to praise it, however, even though the plot is not an original one altogether, I found its execution to be satisfying. Fans of the book should probably avoid it since it does not follow it very well from what I gather.

Even with the sort of silly scenes where they float angel-like in the air moments before turning into wolves, I found Blood and chocolate to be a sweet romance and entertainment experience.