Chocolat

Course Home Syllabus Course Plan Course Pack Chocolat Bibliography	Chocolat (France, West Germany, Cameroon, 1988). Directed by Claire Denis Written by Claire Denis and Jean-Pol Fargeau http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng458/Chocolat.htm
	Chocolat. Dir. Clare Denis. Perf. Giulia Boschi, Isaach de Bankole, François Cluzet, Cecile Ducasse, Mireille Perrier. Alain Belmondo et Gerard Crosnier/Marin Karmitz, MK2, 1988. Orion Classics, 1990. [105 min, French with English subtitles]. Rated PG-13. [COCC Library: Video 620] *
Claire Denis' critically acclaimed autobiographical film traces a white woman’s return to her youth in pre-independence French Cameroon, haunted by wounding memories of her mother & her friend black African Protee. Chocolat is a stirring & subtle examination of the human damage exacted on both the colonized and colonizer. *
Plot Summary by Dawn M. Barclift: "A young French woman 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 houseboy, Protee - a man of great nobility, intelligence and beauty - and the intricate nature of relationships in a racist society." Internet Movie Database - Chocolat: http://us.imdb.com/Plot?0094868 *
Cast: France as a girl: Cecile Ducasse; France as an adult: Mireille Perrier Aimee: Giulia Boschi Protee: Isaach de Bankole Marc: François Cluzet *
External Reviews of Chocolat (Internet Movie Database) http://us.imdb.com/TUrls?COM+0094868 including links to film reviews of Chocolat by: Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times 12 May 1989 Hal Hinson, Washington Post 14 April 1989 Desson Howe, Washington Post 14 April 1989


ENG 458 - Cora Agatucci Comparative Literature: Colonialism/Postcolonialism

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