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