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