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Director:
Claire Denis
Writers:
Claire Denis (writer)
Jean-Pol Fargeau (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
May 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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Cast

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Isaach De Bankolé ... Protée
Giulia Boschi ... Aimée Dalens
François Cluzet ... Marc Dalens
Jean-Claude Adelin ... Luc
Laurent Arnal ... Machinard
Jean Bediebe ... Prosper
Jean-Quentin Châtelain ... Courbassol
Emmanuelle Chaulet ... Mireille Machinard
Kenneth Cranham ... Boothby
Jacques Denis ... Joseph Delpich
Cécile Ducasse ... France enfant / France, as a girl
Clementine Essono ... Marie-Jeanne
Didier Flamand ... Capt. Védrine
Essindi Mindja ... Blaise
Donatus Ngala
Edwige Nto Ngon a Zock
Philemon Blake Ondoua
Mireille Perrier ... France Dalens
Emmet Judson Williamson ... Mungo Park
Hervé Abah
Saïdou Abatcha
Alain Artur
Jean-Marc Bamdiran
Tadfor Kamajou
Saidou Karim
Agnes Ndoumbe
Ian Stapel
Hélène Vauquois
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Directed by
Claire Denis 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Claire Denis  writer
Jean-Pol Fargeau  writer

Produced by
Alain Belmondo .... producer
Gérard Crosnier .... producer
 
Original Music by
Abdullah Ibrahim 
 
Cinematography by
Robert Alazraki 
 
Film Editing by
Monica Coleman 
Claudine Merlin 
Sylvie Quester 
 
Production Design by
Thierry Flamand 
 
Costume Design by
Christian Gasc 
 
Makeup Department
Jean-Pierre Eychenne .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Victorien Alenga .... unit manager
Alain Artur .... unit manager
Denys Fleutot .... unit manager
Bruno Vignier .... unit manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bassek Ba Kobhio .... assistant director
Marie-Claude Beauchaud .... assistant director
Luc Goldenberg .... assistant director
Vincent Ndoumbe .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Christian Delhôme .... assistant decorator
Scott Kirby .... property master
Franck Proix .... assistant decorator
 
Sound Department
Daniel Couteau .... foley artist
Dominique Hennequin .... sound
André Hervée .... foley artist
Gérard Manneveau .... foley artist
Fred Mays .... post-synchronization
Brigitte Taillandier .... sound
Jean-Louis Ughetto .... sound
Jean-Christophe Winding .... sound editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Benoit Akpatsi .... grip
Jean-Claude Basselet .... electrician
Muriel Edelstein .... assistant camera
Paul Edimo .... electrician
Jules Foumou .... electrician
Agnès Godard .... camera operator
Yvon Sausseau .... grip
Bouba Wamvou .... grip
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marthe Ndome .... costumer
 
Other crew
Serge Croisy .... groupman
Jeanne-Marie Liron .... production assistant
Emilienne Nke .... script supervisor
Eva Simonet .... press attache
Zoe Zurstrassen .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Chocolat - Verbotene Sehnsucht (West Germany)
Chocolate (International: English title)
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Runtime:
105 min
Country:
France | West Germany | Cameroon
Language:
French | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:M | Iceland:L | West Germany:0 (f) | Singapore:M18 | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Cameroon
Company:
Caroline Productions more

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Referenced in XX/XY (2002) more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Deeper than Black vs. White, 23 December 2000
8/10
Author: Pablo from Seattle

Unfortunately, because of US viewers' tendency to shun subtitles, this movie has not received the distribution nor attention it merits. Its subtle themes of belonging, identity, racial relations and especially how colonialism harms all parties, transcend the obvious dramatic tensions, the nostalgic memories of the protaganiste's childhood, and the exoticism of her relationship with her parents' "houseboy," perhaps the only "real" human she knows. We won't even look at her mother's relationship with this elegant man. There! i hope i've given you enough of a hook to take it in, whether you speak French or like subtitles or not. I challenge you to be as brave, strong and aware as La P'tite.

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