Chocolat

A young woman named France (Mireille Perrier) returns to Cameroon to visit the former colonial outpost she grew up in during the last days of French rule. Upon arrival, she recalls her childhood in Mindif. The only child of a sole white family, the Dalens, France forms a strong connection with their 'houseboy' Protée (Isaach de Bankolé). A quiet and observant child but still too innocent to fully understand the simmering sexual and racial tensions in the adults around her, France finds her idyl shattered when a plane full of strangers makes an emergency landing nearby. Claire Denis' quasi-autobiographical exploration of the colonial power struggle in Cameroon is the first in a series of her films exploring French colonialism and racism in West Africa. A Palme D'Or nominee, Chocolat is a remarkably assured directorial debut featuring all the tension, subtlety and sophistication that characterise Claire Denis' films.

Music: Abdullah Ibrahim
Actor: François Cluzet
Art/Production/Desgn: Thierry Flamand
Editor: Claudine Merlin
Cinematographer: Robert Alazraki
Actor: Isaach De Bankolé
Actor: Kenneth Cranham
Costumes: Christian Gasc
Executive Producer: Alain Belmondo
Producer: Alain Belmondo
Executive Producer: Gérard Crosnier
Producer: Gérard Crosnier
Director: Claire Denis
Writer: Claire Denis
Writer: Jean-Pol Fargeau
Actor: Giulia Boschi
Actor: Laurent Arnal
Actor: Jean Bediebe
Actor: Jean-Quentin Chatelain
Actor: Emmanuelle Chaulet
Actor: Jacques Denis
Actor: Jean-Claude Adelin
Producer: Jean-Paul Belmondo
Actor: Didier Flamand
Actor: Mireille Perrier