
119 minutes
2/3/2016
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.

Omar Sy
as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat

James Thierrée
as George Footit

Clotilde Hesme
as Marie Hecquet

Olivier Gourmet
as Joseph Oller

Frédéric Pierrot
as Théodore Delvaux

Noémie Lvovsky
as Yvonne Delvaux

Alice de Lencquesaing
as Camille

Alex Descas
as Victor

Olivier Rabourdin
as Firmin Gemier

Thibault de Montalembert
as Jules Moy

Héléna Soubeyrand
as Régina Badet

Xavier Beauvois
as Jacques Potin

Christophe Fluder
as Marval, the lilliputian

Antonin Maurel
as The clown Ortis

Mick Holsbeke
as The clown Green

Wilfred Benaïche
as Mr Constantine

John Arnold
as The Corsica

Olympe
as Suzanne (6 years old)

Timothé Vom Dorp
as Eugène (8 years old)

Clovis Fouin
as Frédo

Cédric Appietto
as Leca

Hocine Choutri
as Ray

Dan Herzberg
as Fergus

Eric Kailey
as Guardian Mace

Bô Gaultier de Kermoal
as Lee

Matthieu Rozé
as Beardless gendarme

Stefan Godin
as Mustached gendarme

Denis Podalydès
as Louis Lumière

Bruno Podalydès
as Auguste Lumière

Fernando Echevarría
as Mr Delmont

Phénix Brossard
as Eugène (young man)

Luc Antoni
as The father

Achille Potier
as The child

Anne-Lise Kedvès
as Client

Isabelle Mazin
as Grocer

Jean-Gilles Barbier
as Elderly player

Pierre Alloggia
as Guide

Jean-Pol Brissart
as Professor Lannelongue

Luis Francisco Cruz
as Rafael's father

Linnett Hernandez Valdes
as Rafael's mother

Andy Gillet
as Transvestite

Marie-Pierre Bellefleur
as Neighbor

Vincent Nemeth
as Journalist

Jérémy Alberti
as Journalist

Yvo Muller
as Journalist

Claire Morin
as Journalist

Serge Massot
as Manetti

Félix Kysyl
as Street vendor

Thierry Nenez
as Hotelkeeper

Félix Bossuet
as Gustave

Marina Pastor
as Theater assistant

Raphaël Caduc
as Eugène (14 years old)

Lilly Rose Debos
as Child

Stéphane Varupenne
as Lodovico

Cyprien Craipeau
as Sick child

Anthony Ursin
as Child at the exit of the artists

Michel Amsellem
as Pianist

Michèle Clément
as Spectator

Roman Kossowski
as Player

Delphine Montaigne
as Émilia

Agathe Anquez
as (uncredited)

Rafaël de Ferran
as (uncredited)

Geoffroy de La Taille
as (uncredited)

Blandine Laignel
as (uncredited)

Romain Ogerau
as (uncredited)

David Benhamou
as Spectator in the theatre (uncredited)

Mikael Buxton
as Aristocrat (uncredited)

Alexia Giordano
as Prostitude (uncredited)

Elise Lissague
as Prostitude (uncredited)

Julia Effertz
as Esmeralda (voice) (uncredited)

Gaëtan Garcia