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Chocolat 1988 film

Chocolat is a 1988 film directed by Claire Denis, about a French family that lives in colonial Cameroon. Marc and Aimée Dalens (François Cluzet and Giulia Boschi) are the parents of France (Cécile Ducasse), a young girl who befriends Protée (Isaach De Bankolé), a Cameroon native who is the family's household servant. The film was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival

Plot

The film begins with an adult woman named France, walking down a road toward Douala, Cameroon. While walking, 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 Northern French Cameroon where her father was a colonial administrator. The story is conducted through the eyes of young France, showing her friendship with the "houseboy", Protée, as well the sexual tension between him and her young and beautiful mother, Aimée. 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 (Jean-Claude Adelin), a Western drifter who stays with the Dalens family after a small aircraft crashes nearby. He makes public the evident sexual attraction between Aimée and Protée, prompting the mother to act on her desire. This results in a fight between Luc and Protée, who consequently loses his in-house job and is moved to work outdoors in the garage as a mechanic.

The title Chocolat comes from the 1950s slang meaning "to be cheated", and thus refers to the status in French Cameroon of being black and being cheated. Towards the end of the film, France's father reveals a central theme of the film as he explains to her what the horizon line is. He tells her that it is a line that is there but not there, a symbol for the racial boundary that exists in the country. This line is not a physical one but is still one that people widely recognize.

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 Bediebe as Prosper
Jean-Quentin Châtelain as Courbassol
Emmanuelle Chaulet as Mireille Machinard
Kenneth Cranham as Boothby
Jacques Denis as Joseph Delpich
Cécile Ducasse as France, as a girl
Clementine Essono as Marie-Jeanne
Didier Flamand as Capt. Védrine
Essindi Mindja as Blaise


Directed by

Claire Denis



Produced by

Alain Belmondo, Gérard Crosnier,



Written by

Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau



Starring

François Cluzet, Isaach De Bankolé, Giulia Boschi



Music by

Abdullah Ibrahim



Cinematography

Robert Alazraki



Editing by

Monica Coleman, Claudine Merlin, Sylvie Quester



Distributed by

Orion Classics



Release date(s)

1988



Running time

105 minutes



Country

France



Language


French