Story :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 SyRafael Padilla, aka Chocolat
James ThierréeGeorge Footit
Clotilde HesmeMarie Hecquet
Olivier GourmetJoseph Oller
Frédéric PierrotThéodore Delvaux
Noémie LvovskyYvonne Delvaux
Alice de LencquesaingCamille
Alex DescasVictor
Olivier RabourdinFirmin Gemier
Thibault de MontalembertJules Moy
Héléna SoubeyrandRégina Badet
Xavier BeauvoisJacques Potin
Christophe FluderMarval, the lilliputian
Antonin MaurelThe clown Ortis
Mick HolsbekeThe clown Green
Wilfred BenaïcheMr Constantine
John ArnoldThe Corsica
OlympeSuzanne (6 years old)
Timothé Vom DorpEugène (8 years old)
Clovis FouinFrédo
Cédric AppiettoLeca
Hocine ChoutriRay
Dan HerzbergFergus
Eric KaileyGuardian Mace
Bô Gaultier de KermoalLee
Matthieu RozéBeardless gendarme
Stefan GodinMustached gendarme
Denis PodalydèsLouis Lumière
Bruno PodalydèsAuguste Lumière
Fernando EchevarríaMr Delmont
Phénix BrossardEugène (young man)
Luc AntoniThe father
Achille PotierThe child
Anne-Lise KedvèsClient
Isabelle MazinGrocer
Jean-Gilles BarbierElderly player
Pierre AlloggiaGuide
Jean-Pol BrissartProfessor Lannelongue
Luis Francisco CruzRafael's father
Linnett Hernandez ValdesRafael's mother
Andy GilletTransvestite
Marie-Pierre BellefleurNeighbor
Vincent NemethJournalist
Jérémy AlbertiJournalist
Yvo MullerJournalist
Claire MorinJournalist
Serge MassotManetti
Félix KysylStreet vendor
Thierry NenezHotelkeeper
Félix BossuetGustave
Marina PastorTheater assistant
Raphaël CaducEugène (14 years old)
Lilly Rose DebosChild
Stéphane VarupenneLodovico
Cyprien CraipeauSick child
Anthony UrsinChild at the exit of the artists
Michel AmsellemPianist
Michèle ClémentSpectator
Roman KossowskiPlayer
Delphine MontaigneÉmilia
Agathe Anquez(uncredited)
Rafaël de Ferran(uncredited)
Geoffroy de La Taille(uncredited)
Blandine Laignel(uncredited)
Romain Ogerau(uncredited)
David BenhamouSpectator in the theatre (uncredited)