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May 18, 1988
104 min
Full-HD

Chocolat (1988)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

France Cameroon Germany

Companies

Cinémanuel Cerito Films Caroline Production La Sept Cinéma Le F.O.D.I.C. Cameroun TF1 Films Production Wim Wenders Productions MK2 Productions

Isaach de Bankolé

Protée

Giulia Boschi

Aimée Dalens

François Cluzet

Marc Dalens

Jean-Claude Adelin

Luc

Laurent Arnal

Machinard

Jean Bédiébé

Prosper

Jean-Quentin Châtelain

Courbassol

Emmanuelle Chaulet

Mireille Machinard

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