{"product_id":"chocolat-criterion-1344-blu-ray","title":"Chocolat - Criterion #1344 Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**THIS ITEM IS A PREORDER**\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: 01\/26\/2027\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrders containing preorder items will ship when all items in the order are available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePREORDER NOTICE: Release dates are provided by the distributor or manufacturer and are subject to change. While we aim to ship as quickly as possible, delays may occur without prior notice. If the release date changes, your preorder will remain active and will ship as soon as the item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\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—Chocolat is an evocatively impressionistic yet piercingly precise examination of the psychology of colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Claire Denis and director of photography Robert Alazraki, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew interview with Denis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterview with actor Isaac de Bankolé from 2011\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewsreel footage from the film’s Cannes premiere\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrailers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew English subtitle translation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePLUS: An essay by critic Jennifer Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew cover by Michael Boland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance, Cameroon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1988\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e104 minutes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.66:1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrench\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpine #1344\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Criterion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41273917112369,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/9878\/2001\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_da0f6a9a-ff4d-4782-935c-f1b8c7db7625.jpg?v=1792341251","url":"https:\/\/openframemedia.co\/products\/chocolat-criterion-1344-blu-ray","provider":"Open Frame Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}