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Chocolat
Sign in to save1988 film directed by Claire Denis
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6.9On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy.
Released: 1988-05-18104 minDir: Claire DenisDrama
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Cast
- Isaach de Bankolé as Protée
- Giulia Boschi as Aimée Dalens
- François Cluzet as Marc Dalens
- Jean-Claude Adelin as Luc
- Laurent Arnal as Machinard
- Jean Bédiébé as Prosper
Themes
- africa
- sexual tension
- colonialism
- semi autobiographical
- woman director
- cameroon
- 1950s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
4,736 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
Metacritic
81/100
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 626096
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- publication date
- 1989-08-24
- title
- Chocolat
- review score
- 71%
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1980s adventure drama films1988 directorial debut films1988 drama films1988 films1988 French films1988 French-language films1988 independent films1988 in French cinema1989 in American cinemaCameroonian drama filmsFilms directed by Claire DenisFilms set in 1957Films set in CameroonFilms set in the French colonial empireFrench drama filmsFrench independent filmsSemi-autobiographical filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date