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