Chocolat (1988 film)

Chocolat
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Claire Denis
Written by	Claire Denis Jean-Pol Fargeau
Produced by	Alain Belmondo Gérard Crosnier
Starring	Isaach de Bankolé Giulia Boschi François Cluzet Jean-Claude Adelin Emmanuelle Chaulet Kenneth Cranham Jacques Denis Cécile Ducasse Didier Flamand Mireille Perrier
Cinematography	Robert Alazraki
Edited by	Monica Coleman Claudine Merlin Sylvie Quester
Music by	Abdullah Ibrahim
Release date	1988 (1988)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	France Cameroon
Languages	French English
Box office	$2,344,286 (international)[1]

Chocolat is a 1988 French period drama film written and directed by Claire Denis (in her directorial debut)^[2] that follows a young girl who lives with her family in French Cameroon. Marc and Aimée Dalens (François Cluzet and Giulia Boschi) play the parents of protagonist France (Cécile Ducasse), who befriends Protée (Isaach de Bankolé), a Cameroonian who is the family's household servant.

Chocolat was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.^[3] The film was critically received with largely positive notice.^[4][5][6]