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Now, three films by Claire Denis. Today's is

Chocolat (1989)

The old colonial Africa, Cameroon, as remembered by the daughter of an officer stationed there. Blacks and whites.

A quit lovely, quiet examination of the subtleties of race.

Visitors come and go and the little girl sees it all. She watches her beloved "boy" who interacts with her mother. The father is often gone.

People are beginning to not know their place. Contrasts with those who think they do.

Gorgeous and gentle and sad.

At the end we see that it is not only race. It is nationality. Country. Rural and city.

Differences. Barriers. Boundaries.

A wonderful fiver of a film. 5 out of Netflix5.

It was a NYTimes 1176 Best Film.

Labels: best films