MFAH Film Restorations & Revivals: Chocolat
- When
- February 27, 2016
- Where
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston,TX 77006 - Cost
- $2 - $1001
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the Restorations & Revivals film series. Enjoy these classics from world cinema on the big screen in Brown Auditorium Theater!
Chocolat
Directed by Claire Denis
1988, in French with English subtitles
France/West Germany/Cameroon
105 minutes
35mm
Claire Denis’s debut feature film follows a woman (Mireille Perrier) returning to her childhood home in Cameroon.
She recalls memories of her government official father during the final years of French control, and her heartfelt friendship with Protée (Isaach de Bankolé), the family’s manservant. Protée’s relationship with the mother, however, is contentious and raging with sexual tension.
Chocolat is loosely based on Denis’s memories of living in Africa as a child, and depicts the effects of colonialism without preaching or romanticizing the characters.
“[Denis] is astonishing. There are no dark corners in the story. Everything that happens is vivid and clear, though subject to the kind of speculation that tantalizes and rewards.” —New York Times
