Chocolat
Claire Denis / FR, DE, CM, 1988 / 105 min.
Claire Denis’ feature film debut subtly depicts colonial relations in French governed Cameroon. France, a young white woman, reminisces about her upbringing surrounded by arrogant colonials and Protée, the talented, attractive, African house servant. Nationwide re-release of this digital restoration (4K).
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Director
Claire Denis
Production year
1988
Country
FR, DE, CM
Original title
Chocolat
Length
105 min.
Language
French
Subtitles
ENG or NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Claire Denis
Eye screens an extensive retrospective of the work of one of France’s most important filmmakers: Claire Denis. In her films, Claire Denis probes the consequences of colonialism and the feeling of being an outsider, devoting particular attention to family tensions, sensuality, desire and the body. The programme features new restorations of her films, with Chocolat (4K) and Beau travail (4K) appearing on the big screen in the Netherlands for the first time.
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Farah Hasanbegović, one of Eye's Programmers of the Future, collaborated on the retrospective of the controversial French filmmaker Claire Denis. In our Magazine, Farah gives their view on a number of characteristic features of Denis' oeuvre. On desires colliding with reality and wading through the Rio Grande to make a point.
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