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Chocolat

Chocolat

1988
Drama
1h 45m
A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family's houseboy, Protee - a man of great nobility, intelligence and beauty - and the intricate nature of relationships in a racist society. (imdb)
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Chocolat

1988
Drama
1h 45m
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Rated 11 Feb 2020
75
60th
Denis observes the oppression of PoC and the colonialism of their land in a familiar way (as it happens, white privilege's delusions of grandeur inspire warped racist minds in every country), but within the specific troubling lens of a French woman addressing the ugliness of French Camaroon. Non-dramatized, importantly, for part of privilege is the confidence your dehumanizing is somehow opportunity. Last scenes are true freedom. To be human, to be normal, to just be.
Rated 19 Oct 2018
4
72nd
Strongest in vignettes. Loved introduction of airplane characters. Very beautiful image to end on.

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