[L.N. Smithee]

I suppose that a single-mother being hassled by the government for trying to run a small business would qualify.

I didn't see the picture, but the way I understood it, you're oversimplifying the plot in spades. The woman in question (Juliette Binoche) was some sort of antihero who ignored the dark, overbearing religious dude who ran the town and promoted sexual healing and "free thinking" (atheism). It was directed by Lasse Hallstrom, the director who gave us The Cider House Rules, which put a glossy moral sheen on abortion.

[Burkeman1]

Yes that is pretty much the movie. My brother and I sat through it on a long flight. He summed the movie up as "Come- eat chocolat- and be free from evil religion- have sex with circus tramps!"