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Chocolat
Chocolat

Claire Denis drew on her own childhood experiences growing up in colonial French Africa for her multilayered, languorously absorbing feature debut, which explores many of the themes that would recur throughout her work. Returning to the town where she grew up in Cameroon after many years living in France, a white woman (Mireille Perrier) reflects on her relationship with Protée (Isaach De Bankolé), a Black servant with whom she formed a friendship while not fully grasping the racial divides that governed their worlds.

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Credits

DIRECTOR
Claire Denis

PRODUCER
Fodic, mk2 films, Cinemanuel, Cerito Films

CAST
Isaach De Bankolé
Giulia Boschi
François Cluzet
Jean-Claude Adelin
Laurent Arnal

Overview

DETAILS
Drama
French
1H45
France, 1988

DISTRIBUTOR
Janus Films

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