Irène Jacob won Best Actress at Cannes for her mesmerizing dual performances in Kieślowski’s enigmatic, existential drama about two unrelated, physically- identical women living separate lives in Poland and France.
“...the brilliant prelude to a great career…”—The New York Times
Claire Denis’ stunning debut feature finds her already in command of the suggestive, elliptical style that has become her signature. Informed by the filmmaker’s own experiences growing up in West Africa, Chocolat explores the tensions—racial, social, and sexual—between colonizer and colonized as seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old French girl living in 1950s Cameroon and gradually awakening to the racism that surrounds her.
“...the brilliant prelude to a great career…”—The New York Times
UPCOMING Screenings
RUNNING TIME
105min
VENUE
FORMAT
DCP
LANGUAGE
In French, English, and Hausa with English subtitles
TICKET INFORMATION
General Admission: $16
Members: $8
Leadership support for
BAM Access Programs provided by
the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for
BAM Film provided by
the Ford Foundation and
The Thompson Family Foundation
