Chocolate

Claire Denis19881h 45mClassic, Social Issues, Drama

Why we chose it

Claire Denis was forty-two when she made her debut, and she set it in the colonial Africa where she grew up as a civil servant’s daughter, with the last days of colonialism coming apart in memory. You can feel the heat in every frame.

Synopsis

It’s 1957 in Mindif, northern Cameroon. Little France, whose father is a French colonial administrator, spends her days with Protée, the family’s servant. Years later she returns to the house as a grown woman, and with her comes back everything that once lay between them.

Information

Director: Claire Denis
Cast
Also known as: Chocolat
Production year: 1988
Decade: 1980s
Duration: 1h 45m
Genre: Classic Social Issues Drama
Festivals & Awards
Language: French, English, Hausa
Country: Cameroon, West Germany, France
Subtitles: Greek, Polish
Age rating: 12+

Cannes Film Festival

Official Selection

1988

What others say

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