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Chocolat

6.9(123)19881h 44m4

On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
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Language
French
  • africa
  • sexual tension
  • colonialism
  • semi autobiographical
  • woman director
  • cameroon
  • 1950s

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Claire Denis

Produced in

France, Cameroon, Germany

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)PG-1310 Mar 1989
    • PhysicalPG-13DVD24 Jul 2001
    • Theatrical (limited)PG-134K Restoration24 Feb 2023
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1521 Apr 1989
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG25 Oct 1990
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival15 Sept 1988
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival18 Oct 2014
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP18 May 1988
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical24 Aug 1989
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical17 Jun 1989
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical124k restored 22 Feb 2024
  • SwedenSE

    • PremiereGöteborg Film Festival31 Jan 1989
    • Theatrical17 Feb 1989

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Chocolat was released on 18 May 1988.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    9/19/2025

    7/10

    I found there something really quite erotic about parts of this drama as we reminisce with “France” (Mireille Perrier) as she returns to the now independent Cameroon where she grew up. Her father “Marc” (François Cluzet) is a well-meaning colonial administrator in an out of the way province and that’s where she lives with her mother “Aimée” (Giulia Boschi) and their local and stunningly handsome factotum “Protée” (Is…

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