The film "Bitter Chocolate" hits Israeli cinemas

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The film "Bitter Chocolate" starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård opens in Israeli cinemas this weekend, after its screening at the Sundance Festival. According to N12, in an interview with mako the two talk about the unconventional love story at the center of the film. According to Channel 13 News, Colman plays an "old spinster" whose life is entered by a man made entirely of straw, played by Skarsgård, and the event stirs up the residents of the village where the plot takes place.

According to Haaretz, the film is a social satire on the way marriage and sexuality are perceived in society. According to N12, the comedy by Alex Huston Fisher and Eleanor Wilson is sarcastic and funny, and compensates for a flaw in the writing with artistic design and acting.