Chocolat Man No Run

Chocolat, Denis' auspicious debut, is followed by Man No Run, a feature-length documentary about the Cameroonian band Les Tetes Brulees.

Second feature start time: 9 pm. Set in the 1950s, Chocolat, transforms autobiographical details by focusing on a French woman who returns to her childhood home in colonial Cameroon. The film renders this locale as a starkly gorgeous series of intimate and overpowering landscapes. With Isaach de Bankole, as the family's native house-servant. (1988; 105 mins.)

In the rarely seen Man No Run, Denis accompanies the Cameroonian band Les Tetes Brulees on their first tour across France, spreading their rock-inflected brand of Bikutsi music, an ancient rhythmic form from the rain forest. (1989; 90 mins.)

support credits

Retrospective: Claire Denis presented with support from the Puffin Foundation and Ohio Arts Council.

Special thanks to Marie Bonnel, Cultural Services of the French Embassy, New York City and Florence Charmasson, Unifrance.

Season support provided by the Rohauer Collection Foundation and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.