Claim: Judi Dench played the lead role in Chocolat.
Evidence: A seven-time Oscar nominee , Dench won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love and has received nominations for her roles in Mrs Brown -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , Chocolat -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , Iris -LRB- 2001 -RRB- , Mrs Henderson Presents -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , Notes on a Scandal -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , and Philomena -LRB- 2013 -RRB-.
Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs , Chocolat tells the story of a young mother , played by Juliette Binoche , who arrives at the fictional , repressed French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old daughter and opens La Chocolaterie Maya , a small chocolaterie.