CHOCOLAT
by Claire Denis
synopsis
A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family's houseboy, Protee - a man of great nobility, intelligence and beauty - and the intricate nature of relationships in a racist society.
international title: | Chocolate |
original title: | Chocolat |
country: | France, Germany, Cameroon |
year: | 1988 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Claire Denis |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | FR 18/05/1988, SE 31/01/1989, DK 27/02/1989, DE 24/08/1989, FI 27/10/1991, PT 01/09/1992, GR 12/11/1999, CZ 06/12/2008, LT 21/03/2019 |
screenplay: | Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau |
cast: | Isaach de Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, François Cluzet |
cinematography by: | Robert Alazraki |
film editing: | Monica Coleman, Claudine Merlin, Sylvie Quester |
art director: | Thierry Flamand |
costumes designer: | Christian Gasc |
producer: | Alain Belmondo, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Gérard Crosnier |