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