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Plot

Better Than Chocolate is a lesbian love story. Walking home from an evening at the lesbian club 'Cat's Ass,' Maggie is confronted by a gang of skinheads. Suddenly a minibus comes to a screeching halt and out jumps Kim. The skins move on, and Maggie thanks Kim, who watches her go. This is their first meeting. Maggie has recently dropped out of law school and now works in a women's shop. To avoid a confrontation with her mother, she makes up a success story and tells her that she's living in a beautiful apartment. As her mother is having her difficulties with her second husband, she decides to take her young son and come to live with Maggie for a while. Meanwhile, Maggie is housesitting the apartment of a female performer on tour. As fate might have it, she runs across Kim again and they find themselves at the new apartment making love in the shower -- at which moment Maggie's mother and little brother step in. The film was screened as part of the Panorama section of the 49th International Berlin Film Festival, 1999.
MPAA Rating:
R for pervasive strong sexual content, nudity and language.
Genre(s):
Foreign
Run Time:
101min.
Theatrical Release Date:
08/13/1999
DVD Release Date:
12/28/1999
Status:
In Theaters
Distributor(s):
Trimark
Director(s):
Anne Wheeler
Starring:
Wendy Crewson , Karyn Dwyer , Christina Cox , Ann-Marie MacDonald , Peter Outerbridge
Themes:
Sexual Awakening,Mothers and Daughters,Twentysomething Life
Tone:
Light,Reflective,Witty,Quirky,Sexy
Keywords:
coming-out,family-dynamics,lesbianism,love,lust,secrets,sex
Country of Origin:
USA (08-13-1999)
Language:
English