---
title: 'Chocolat (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Claire Denis'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/chocolat-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094868/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Chocolat (1988)

1988 · 105 min · Drama · France


## Synopsis

Chocolat is a 1988 French period drama film, written and directed by Claire Denis in her directorial debut. It follows a young girl who lives with her family in French Cameroon. Marc and Aimée Dalens play the parents of protagonist France, who befriends Protée, a Cameroonian who is the family's household servant.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Claire Denis](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-denis)
- **Screenplay:** [Claire Denis](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-denis), [Jean-Pol Fargeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pol-fargeau)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Abdullah Ibrahim](https://cinepixo.com/people/abdullah-ibrahim)
- **Producer:** [Wim Wenders](https://cinepixo.com/people/wim-wenders), [Jean-Paul Belmondo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-belmondo), [Marin Karmitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/marin-karmitz), [Alain Belmondo](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-belmondo), [Gérard Crosnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-crosnier)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Alazraki](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-alazraki)
- **Editor:** [Monica Coleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/monica-coleman)

## Cast

- [Isaach de Bankolé](https://cinepixo.com/people/isaach-de-bankole) as Protée
- [Kenneth Cranham](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-cranham) as Boothby
- [Jean-Claude Adelin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-adelin) as Luc
- [Mireille Perrier](https://cinepixo.com/people/mireille-perrier) as France (adulte)
- [Didier Flamand](https://cinepixo.com/people/didier-flamand) as capitaine Védrine
- [Emmanuelle Chaulet](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuelle-chaulet) as Mireille Machinard
- [François Cluzet](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-cluzet) as commandant Marc Dalens
- [Giulia Boschi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giulia-boschi) as Aimée Dalens
- [Jean-Quentin Châtelain](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-quentin-chatelain) as chef mécanicien Courbassol
- [Jacques Denis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-denis) as Joseph Delpich

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