Chocolat (1988 film)
Chocolat is a 1988 film directed by Claire Denis, about a French family that lives in colonial Cameroon. Marc and Aime Dalens Franois Cluzet and Giulia Boschi are the parents of France Ccile Ducasse, a young girl who befriends Prote Isaach De Bankol, a Cameroon native who is the familys household servant. The film was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
The title Chocolat comes from the 1950s slang meaning to be cheated, and thus refers to the status in French Cameroon of being black and being cheated. Towards the end of the film, Frances father reveals a central theme of the film as he explains to her what the horizon line is. He tells her that it is a line that is there but not there, a symbol for the racial boundary that exists in the country. This line is not a physical one but is still one that people widely recognize.
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