Chocolat

Chocolat

1988 · 101 min · FR · PG-13 · 6.7 (73 votes)
Dir. Claire Denis · Starring Isaach de Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, François Cluzet, Jean-Claude Adelin, Laurent Arnal, Jean Bédiébé · Music Abdullah Ibrahim
Drama

On 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.

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A lush, evocative drama steeped in the humid air of colonial Africa. It's a film that lingers, exploring the complex, unspoken desires and lingering shadows of memory with a deeply sensual and melancholic touch.

sensualmelancholicintrospectiveyearningslow-burnarthouseperiod dramaerotic dramacolonialismidentityforbidden desirememory
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africasexual tensioncolonialismwoman directorcameroon1950s
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