L’Afrique traumatique de Claire Denis dans Chocolat (1988)
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cinéma, postcolonialisme, Afrique, mémoire, traumatismeAbstract
Dans son premier long-métrage de fiction, Claire Denis traite le passé colonial français au Cameroun grâce au personnage d’une jeune femme, France, qui se remémore son enfance africaine avec ses parents et son boy Protée. Quel regard porter sur l’Histoire quand elle vous traverse et vous marque jusque dans votre chair?
Claire Denis' Traumatic Africa in Chocolat (1988)
In her first motion picture, Claire Denis chooses to deal with the French colonial past in Cameroon through the memories of a young woman, France, who reminds her African childhood with her parents and her boy Protée. How do you deal with History when it runs through you and marks you in your flesh?
L’Africa traumatica di Claire Denis in Chocolat (1988)
Nel suo primo lungometraggio, Claire Denis sceglie di affrontare il passato coloniale francese in Camerun attraverso il personaggio di una giovane donna, France, che ricorda la sua infanzia africana con i genitori e il figlio Protée. Come affronti la Storia quando ti attraversa e ti segna nella carne?
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