Enigmatic, perverse, seductive... director Claude Chabrol's frequent cohort Isabelle Huppert (ELLE) encapsulates everything that makes MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT a.k.a. NIGHTCAP a film John Waters calls “cinematic perfection.” At first glance a tale of suppressed multigenerational secrets, Chabrol allows the tightly wound core of the film's central family to unravel in wildly unpredictable ways, taking the audience spiraling into bold new dramatic dimensions.