Chocolate - Herzliya Cinematheque
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Friday (in 4 days)
August 28, 9:00 – 10:45 at night
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Claire Denis's debut film follows a French woman returning to Cameroon in the 1950s, where she grew up under colonial rule. The film explores her childhood memories and complex relationships with an African family servant, reflecting on the colonial past without offering definitive judgment.
Friday | 28.8 | 21:00 | Herzliya Cinematheque
Director: Claire Denis
Actors: Juliette Binoche, Isaach De Bankolé, François Cluzet (105 min., French, English, Arabic; Hebrew subtitles)
A French woman returns to Cameroon, where she grew up as a child in the 1950s while her father served as governor on behalf of the colonial administration. The visit stirs up memories of her childhood, particularly her relationship with Protée – the African servant of the family – and the tension between man and woman, mistress and servant, adults and children. Claire Denis’s debut film is a delicate and complex work that examines France's colonial past through personal memory, without offering simple answers or unambiguous judgment.
