Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Chocolat is one of those rare films with an entirely mature, adult sensibility; it is made with the complexity and subtlety of a great short story.
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France, West Germany, Cameroon · 1988
Rated PG-13 · 1h 45m
Director Claire Denis
Starring Isaach De Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, François Cluzet, Jean-Claude Adelin
Genre Drama
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A young Frenchwoman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family's house servant, Protée, a man of great nobility, intelligence and beauty, and of the intricate nature of relationships in a racist society.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Chocolat is one of those rare films with an entirely mature, adult sensibility; it is made with the complexity and subtlety of a great short story.
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