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.
as Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat
as George Footit
as Marie Hecquet
as Joseph Oller
as Théodore Delvaux
as Yvonne Delvaux
as Camille
as Victor
as Firmin Gemier
as Jules Moy
as Régina Badet
as Jacques Potin
as Marval, the lilliputian
as The clown Ortis
as The clown Green
as Mr Constantine
as The Corsica
as Suzanne (6 years old)
as Eugène (8 years old)
as Frédo
as Leca
as Ray
as Fergus
as Guardian Mace
as Lee
as Beardless gendarme
as Mustached gendarme
as Louis Lumière
as Auguste Lumière
as Mr Delmont
as Eugène (young man)
as The father
as The child
as Client
as Grocer
as Elderly player
as Guide
as Professor Lannelongue
as Rafael's father
as Rafael's mother
as Transvestite
as Neighbor
as Journalist
as Journalist
as Journalist
as Journalist
as Manetti
as Street vendor
as Hotelkeeper
as Gustave
as Theater assistant
as Eugène (14 years old)
as Child
as Lodovico
as Sick child
as Child at the exit of the artists
as Pianist
as Spectator
as Player
as Émilia
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Spectator in the theatre (uncredited)
as Aristocrat (uncredited)
as Prostitude (uncredited)
as Prostitude (uncredited)
as Esmeralda (voice) (uncredited)
