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