{"product_id":"chocolat-1344","title":"Chocolat (#1344)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\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—\u003cem\u003eChocolat\u003c\/em\u003e is an evocatively impressionistic yet piercingly precise examination of the psychology of colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\" data-feature-title-field=\"\"\u003eDIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\" data-special-features-field=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Claire Denis and director of photography Robert Alazraki, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with Denis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview with actor Isaac de Bankolé from 2011\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNewsreel footage from the film’s Cannes premiere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew English subtitle translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by critic Jennifer Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew cover by Michael Boland\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46409881288748,"sku":"715515347013","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/FNKtdK5g6emDhbJAPfIoUvm5KhynEb_large_ef7a2bd9-6299-4899-b563-9bd516265e06.jpg?v=1792178082","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/chocolat-1344","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}