Movie
Chocolat
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-05-18
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Cinémanuel, Cerito Films, Caroline Production, La Sept Cinéma, Le F.O.D.I.C. Cameroun, TF1 Films Production, Wim Wenders Productions, MK2 Productions
- Country
- France, Cameroon, Germany
- Original language
- FR
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 Bédiébé as Prosper
- Jean-Quentin Châtelain as Courbassol
- Emmanuelle Chaulet as Mireille Machinard
- Kenneth Cranham as Jonathan Boothby
- Jacques Denis as Joseph Delpich
- Cécile Ducasse as France Dalens (Child)
- Clementine Essono as Marie-Jeanne
Crew
- Claire Denis - Director
- Claire Denis - Writer
- Jean-Pol Fargeau - Writer
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