Hallstrom and stars Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche
The name of these two films is the same.  One, a 1988 work, was the autobiographical debut for writer-director Claire Denis [deh-NEECE] and was based on her childhood in French West Africa.  It deals with a young French woman's relationship with, and attraction to, her family's Cameroonian houseboy Protee [pro-TAY].  The other, a 2000 film based on a Joanne Harris novel, tells of a woman who sets a strict French village on its ear by opening a candy store.  FTP, give the common name for these films, the more recent of which is directed Lasse [LA-say] Hallstrom and stars Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche [bih-NOESH].
The name of these two films is the same.  One, a 1988 work, was the autobiographical debut for writer-director Claire Denis [deh-NEECE] and was based on her childhood in French West Africa.  
Chocolat