Chocolat (1988)
Directed by Claire Denis · Cinematography by Robert Alazraki
PG-13105 min64 frames
Drama
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Chocolat — official trailer
What is Chocolat about?
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.
Chocolat is a 1988 French period drama film, written and directed by Claire Denis in her directorial debut. It follows a young girl who lives with her family in French Cameroon. Marc and Aimée Dalens play the parents of protagonist France, who befriends Protée, a Cameroonian who is the family's household servant.
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What does the cinematography of Chocolat look like?
Across 64 sampled frames, Chocolat builds its coverage from wide compositions (42% of the sample), with medium shots (20%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Robert Alazraki keeps 56% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 61% of the frames.
What is the color palette of Chocolat?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Chocolat (1988) are #34342b, #aa916e, #544e38, #535347, #8c7355, #908c74 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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