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