Criterion Collection
Chocolat — Criterion Collection Blu-ray US Edition
- Blu-ray
- Region A
- Classification PG
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Chocolat — Criterion Collection Blu-ray (US Edition)
The film
About the film
Claire Denis immediately revealed her command of cinematic form with her debut feature, drawn from her own experience of growing up in French colonial Africa. After many years of living in France, a white woman, played by Mireille Perrier, returns to the town in Cameroon where she spent her childhood and reflects on the past she left behind.
There she remembers her complex relationship with Protée (Isaach de Bankolé), a Black servant with whom she formed a friendship while not fully grasping the divides that governed their worlds. Chocolat displays Denis’s immersive sense of place, an elliptical approach to storytelling, and an interest in the dynamics of race, sex, and power in a precise examination of the psychology of colonialism.
Format
- - 1988
- - 104 minutes
- - Color
- - 1.66:1
- French
Special Features
- - New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Claire Denis and director of photography Robert Alazraki, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- - New interview with Denis
- - Interview with actor Isaach de Bankolé from 2011
- - Newsreel footage from the film’s Cannes premiere
- - Trailers
- - New English subtitle translation
- - PLUS: An essay by critic Jennifer Wilson
- New cover by Michael Boland
The edition
Edition details
| Format | Blu-ray |
|---|---|
| Region | Region A |
| Classification |
PG Mild impact
|
| Director | Claire Denis |
| Starring | Isaach de Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, François Cluzet, Jean-Claude Adelin, Laurent Arnal |
| Original release | 1988 |
| Release date | 26 Jan 2027 |
| Label | Criterion Collection |
| Country | France |
| Genre | Drama |
| Barcode | 715515347013 |