{"product_id":"chocolat-blu-ray","title":"Chocolat BLU-RAY","description":"\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"420\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 315pt;\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\n\u003ccol width=\"420\" style=\"mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 13440; width: 315pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"29\" style=\"mso-height-source: userset; height: 21.75pt;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"29\" class=\"xl65\" width=\"420\" style=\"height: 21.75pt; width: 315pt;\"\u003eClaire Denis immediately revealed her command of cinematic form with her debut feature, drawn from her own experience of growing up in French colonial Africa. After many years of living in France, a white woman (Mireille Perrier) returns to the town in Cameroon where she spent her childhood. There, she reflects on her past, including her relationship with Protée (Isaach de Bankolé), a Black servant with whom she formed a friendship while not fully grasping the divides that governed their worlds. Already displaying many of Denis’s artistic signatures—including an immersive sense of place; an elliptical approach to storytelling; and an interest in complex dynamics of race, sex, and power—\u003cspan class=\"font6\"\u003eChocolat \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font5\"\u003eis an evocatively impressionistic yet piercingly precise examination of the psychology of colonialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003cbr\u003e• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Claire Denis and director of photography Robert Alazraki, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003cbr\u003e• New interview with Denis\u003cbr\u003e• Interview with actor Isaac de Bankolé from 2011\u003cbr\u003e• Newsreel footage from the film’s Cannes premiere\u003cbr\u003e• Trailers\u003cbr\u003e• New English subtitle translation\u003cbr\u003e• PLUS: An essay by critic Jennifer Wilson\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46368767475797,"sku":"CC3903BD","price":40.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3032\/6613\/files\/1345_4K_BD.jpg?v=1792084695","url":"https:\/\/cinemacellar.com\/fr\/products\/chocolat-blu-ray","provider":"Cinema Cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}