Chocolat (1988 film)

Chocolat is a 1988 French period drama film, written and directed by Claire Denis in her directorial debut.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.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.The conflict of the film comes from the discomfort created as France and her mother attempt to move past the established boundaries between themselves and the native Africans.This is brought to a head through Luc Segalen, a Western drifter who stays with the Dalens family after a small aircraft crashes nearby.
The Mindif peaks, depicted in the film
Claire DenisJean-Pol FargeauIsaach de BankoléGiulia BoschiFrançois CluzetEmmanuelle ChauletKenneth CranhamDidier FlamandMireille PerrierAbdullah Ibrahimperiod dramadirectorial debutFrench Cameroon1988 Cannes Film FestivalDoualaAfrican AmericanMindifhorizonNo Fear, No DieJacques Rivette, le veilleurKeep It for YourselfI Can't SleepNénette and BoniBeau TravailTrouble Every DayVendredi soirThe Intruder35 Shots of RumWhite MaterialBastardsLet the Sunshine InHigh LifeBoth Sides of the BladeStars at NoonFrequent collaborators