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