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