Chocolat
Chocolat is a 1988 French period drama film written and directed by Claire Denis in her directorial debut that follows a young girl who lives with her family in French Cameroon. Marc and Aimée Dalens (François Cluzet and Giulia Boschi) play the parents of protagonist France (Cécile Ducasse), who befriends Protée (Isaach de Bankolé), a Cameroonian who is the family's household servant. The film was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
An adult woman named France walks down a road toward Douala, Cameroon. She is picked up by William J. Park (Emmet Judson Williamson), an African American who has moved to Africa and is driving to Limbe with his son. As they ride, France's mind drifts and we see her as a young girl in Mindif, French Cameroon in 1957, where her father was a colonial administrator.
More details
| author | Claire Denis Jean-Pol Fargeau |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Cameroon |
| director | Claire Denis |
| editor | Claudine Merlin Monica Coleman Sylvie Quester |
| genre | adventure drama |
| keywords | african american douala drive emmet judson williamson end french cameroon horizon mindif sexual tension work out young girl |
| musicBy | Abdullah Ibrahim |
| producer | Alain Belmondo Gérard Crosnier |
| theme | biographical |