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Chocolat(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-05-18
67%
86 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
Overview:
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.
Languages: French, Hausa, English.
Countries:
Germany,
Cameroon,
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Cinémanuel
Cerito Films
La Sept Cinéma
Le F.O.D.I.C. Cameroun
Wim Wenders Productions
Movie: Chocolat
Top 10 Billed Cast
Isaach de Bankolé
Protée
Giulia Boschi
Aimée Dalens
François Cluzet
Marc Dalens
Jean-Claude Adelin
Luc
Mireille Perrier
France Dalens
Jean Bédiébé
Prosper
Didier Flamand
Capt. Védrine
Emmanuelle Chaulet
Mireille Machinard
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