Chocolat
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.
Cast
Omar Sy
Rafael Padilla, aka ChocolatJames Thierrée
George FootitClotilde Hesme
Marie HecquetOlivier Gourmet
Joseph OllerFrédéric Pierrot
Théodore DelvauxNoémie Lvovsky
Yvonne DelvauxAlice de Lencquesaing
CamilleAlex Descas
VictorOlivier Rabourdin
Firmin GemierThibault de Montalembert
Jules MoyHéléna Soubeyrand
Régina BadetXavier Beauvois
Jacques PotinChristophe Fluder
Marval, the lilliputianAntonin Maurel
The clown OrtisMick Holsbeke
The clown GreenWilfred Benaïche
Mr ConstantineJohn Arnold
The CorsicaOlympe
Suzanne (6 years old)Timothé Vom Dorp
Eugène (8 years old)Clovis Fouin
FrédoCédric Appietto
LecaHocine Choutri
RayDan Herzberg
FergusEric Kailey
Guardian MaceBô Gaultier de Kermoal
LeeMatthieu Rozé
Beardless gendarmeStefan Godin
Mustached gendarmeDenis Podalydès
Louis LumièreBruno Podalydès
Auguste LumièreFernando Echevarría
Mr DelmontPhénix Brossard
Eugène (young man)Luc Antoni
The fatherAchille Potier
The childAnne-Lise Kedvès
ClientIsabelle Mazin
GrocerJean-Gilles Barbier
Elderly playerPierre Alloggia
GuideJean-Pol Brissart
Professor LannelongueLuis Francisco Cruz
Rafael's fatherLinnett Hernandez Valdes
Rafael's motherAndy Gillet
TransvestiteMarie-Pierre Bellefleur
NeighborVincent Nemeth
JournalistJérémy Alberti
JournalistYvo Muller
JournalistClaire Morin
JournalistSerge Massot
ManettiFélix Kysyl
Street vendorThierry Nenez
HotelkeeperFélix Bossuet
GustaveMarina Pastor
Theater assistantRaphaël Caduc
Eugène (14 years old)Lilly Rose Debos
ChildStéphane Varupenne
LodovicoCyprien Craipeau
Sick childAnthony Ursin
Child at the exit of the artistsMichel Amsellem
PianistMichèle Clément
SpectatorRoman Kossowski
PlayerDelphine Montaigne
ÉmiliaAgathe Anquez
(uncredited)Rafaël de Ferran
(uncredited)Geoffroy de La Taille
(uncredited)Blandine Laignel
(uncredited)Romain Ogerau
(uncredited)David Benhamou
Spectator in the theatre (uncredited)Mikael Buxton
Aristocrat (uncredited)Alexia Giordano
Prostitude (uncredited)Elise Lissague
Prostitude (uncredited)Julia Effertz
Esmeralda (voice) (uncredited)