Chocolat 1988

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Chocolat ★★★½ 1988 (PG-13)

A woman recalls her childhood spent in French West Africa and the unfulfilled sexual tension between her mother and black servant. Vivid film provides a host of intriguing characters and offers splendid panoramas of rugged desert landscapes. Profound, if somewhat personal filmmaking from novice director Denis. In French with English subtitles. 105m/C VHS, DVD . Mireille Perrier, Emmet Judson Williamson, Cecile Ducasse, Giulia Boschi, Francois Cluzet, Isaach de Bankole, Kenneth Cranham; D: Claire Denis; W: Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau.