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