Chocolat | 4K Restoration Trailer | Opens Feb. 24

The great Claire Denis made her debut with this semi-autobiographical feature, based on her childhood in colonial French Africa as the daughter of a civil servant. France (Mireille Perrier) reminisces about her childhood in Cameroon as her father (François Cluzet) comes and goes on call, which leads to the strengthening of her friendship with their devoted house servant, Protée (Isaach de Bankolé), and to the escalating sexual tension between him and her mother, Aimée (Giulia Boschi). As Protée increasingly becomes an object of desire and of scorn, France’s memories become more and more ambivalent. Prefiguring the concerns of Denis’s later films (Beau Travail, White Material) and establishing the tactile sensuality and elliptical style for which she is known, Chocolat today stands as a modern classic. A Janus Films release.

New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Claire Denis, with a mono soundtrack. Restoration made by the laboratory Eclair Classics from the original feature negative with the colorist Bruno PATIN and Diego MERCURIALI and with the DoP Robert ALAZRAKI.

[becalee]

YES! Bout time they restore this truly brilliant treasure! 😁

[dreamterry]

Yes! I have been trying to find a way to rent this film in VOD for years! I hope that it will make it to some platforms.... A Masterpiece of the Female Gaze.

[craigfinnegan]

I love how they edited this, and with such beautiful music that captures the exquisite nostalgia of Chocolat. The only thing missing here is the house in it's larger setting, which is where I imagine I'll live in heaven. To do full justice to Chocolat, this trailer needed to be at least twice as long.

[jakobweber]

Hopefully they’ll give „Nenette et Boni“ the same treatment!

[j_ritx]

that's what I call 《 𝔠𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔪𝔞𝔱𝔬𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔭𝔥𝔶 》