Chocolat
The true story of the first black artist.
Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.
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Cast
Frédéric Pierrot
Théodore Delvaux
Bô Gaultier de Kermoal
Lee
Raphaël Caduc
Eugène (14 years old)
Mikael Buxton
Aristocrat (uncredited)
Elise Lissague
Prostitude (uncredited)
Gaëtan Garcia
James Thierrée
George Footit
Clotilde Hesme
Marie Hecquet
Olivier Rabourdin
Firmin Gemier
Antonin Maurel
The clown Ortis
Eric Kailey
Guardian Mace
Blandine Laignel
(uncredited)
Romain Ogerau
(uncredited)
Matthieu Rozé
Beardless gendarme
Félix Kysyl
Street vendor
Omar Sy
Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat
Clovis Fouin
Frédo
Luc Antoni
The father
Yvo Muller
Journalist
John Arnold
The Corsica
Noémie Lvovsky
Yvonne Delvaux
Christophe Fluder
Marval, the lilliputian
Bruno Podalydès
Auguste Lumière
Isabelle Mazin
Grocer
Achille Potier
The child
Anne-Lise Kedvès
Client
Rafaël de Ferran
(uncredited)
Andy Gillet
Transvestite
Marie-Pierre Bellefleur
Neighbor
Lilly Rose Debos
Child
Michel Amsellem
Pianist
Delphine Montaigne
Émilia
Geoffroy de La Taille
(uncredited)
Fernando Hechavarria
Mr Delmont
Jérémy Alberti
Journalist
Anthony Ursin
Child at the exit of the artists
Roman Kossowski
Player
Olivier Gourmet
Joseph Oller
Thibault de Montalembert
Jules Moy
Claire Morin
Journalist
Serge Massot
Manetti
Marina Pastor
Theater assistant
Stéphane Varupenne
Lodovico
Alice de Lencquesaing
Camille
Héléna Soubeyrand
Régina Badet
Cédric Appietto
Leca
Hocine Choutri
Ray
Stefan Godin
Mustached gendarme
Phénix Brossard
Eugène (young man)
Félix Bossuet
Gustave
Cyprien Craipeau
Sick child
Mick Holsbeke
The clown Green
Timothé Vom Dorp
Eugène (8 years old)
Pierre Alloggia
Guide
Luis Francisco Cruz
Rafael's father
Linnett Hernandez Valdes
Rafael's mother
Alexia Giordano
Prostitude (uncredited)
Alex Descas
Victor
Olympe
Suzanne (6 years old)
Denis Podalydès
Louis Lumière
Jean-Pol Brissart
Professor Lannelongue
Vincent Nemeth
Journalist
David Benhamou
Spectator in the theatre (uncredited)
Julia Effertz
Esmeralda (voice) (uncredited)
Xavier Beauvois
Jacques Potin
Jean-Gilles Barbier
Elderly player
Agathe Anquez
(uncredited)
Wilfred Benaïche
Mr Constantine
Dan Herzberg
Fergus
Thierry Nenez
Hotelkeeper
Michèle Clément
Spectator