Director: Roschdy Zem
Writer(s): Olivier Gorce, Roschdy Zem
Starring: Omar Sy, James Thierrée, Clotilde Hesme, Olivier Gourmet, Frédéric Pierrot, Noémie Lvovsky, Alice de Lencquesaing, Alex Descas, Olivier Rabourdin, Thibault de Montalembert, Héléna Soubeyrand, Xavier Beauvois, Christophe Fluder, Antonin Maurel, Mick Holsbeke, Wilfred Benaïche, John Arnold, Olympe, Timothé Vom Dorp, Clovis Fouin, Cédric Appietto, Hocine Choutri, Dan Herzberg, Eric Kailey, Bô Gaultier de Kermoal, Marlon Bennett Joseph, Lazaro De La Caridad Hidalgo Wilson, Matthieu Rozé, Stéfan Godin, Brahim Takioullah, Jean-Christophe Herveet, Denis Podalydès, Bruno Podalydès, Fernando Echevarría, Phénix Brossard, Luc Antoni, Achille Potier, Anne-Lise Kedvès, Isabelle Mazin, Jean-Gilles Barbier, Pierre Alloggia, Jean-Pol Brissart, Luis Francisco Cruz, Linnett Hernandez Valdes, Andy Gillet, Marie-Pierre Bellefleur, Vincent Nemeth, Jeremy Alberti, Yvonnick Muller, Claire Morin, Serge Massot, Félix Kysyl, Thierry Nenez, Félix Bossuet, Marina Pastor, Raphael Caduc, Anna Caduc, Lilly Rose Debos, Stéphane Varupenne, Cyprien Craipeau, Anthony Ursin, Michel Amsellem, Mike Ghavanloo, Guy Arbion, Bruno Le Bris, Floréal Lucas, Philippe Henry, Didier Bidal, Bruno Mattio, Cédric Barbier, Yohann Le Cornu, Jean-Luc Bourdon, Philippe Deschamps, Philippe Ego, Régis Moreau, Christophe Bonifacino, Fabrice Tissier, Donald Balestier, André-Marie Mazure, Christophe Allemand, Laurent Leseneschal, Pascal Hamard, Olivier Ivaldi, Xavier Guérin, Mathieu Faivre, Agathe Anquez, Aloïs Menu Bernadet, Rafaël de Ferran, Geoffroy De La Taille, Roman Kossowski, Blandine Laignel, Delphine Montaigne, Romain Ogerau, David Benhamou, Mikael Buxton, Julia Effertz, Alexia Giordano, Elise Lissague
Synopsis: The life story of Rafael Padilla, a former slave in Cuba, who unexpectedly became a star clown in the Paris of the Belle Epoque. Discovered in a small country circus in the North of France by George Footit, a British clown and acrobat, he formed a successful duo with him, ‘Footit and Chocolat’. For two decades, and despite conflicts between the two artists, Footit as the authoritarian white clown and Chocolat as the Auguste Black drudge filled crowds with enthusiasm. But nothing lasts forever and the glory of Chocolat, despite his high ambitions, started to decline until his premature death in 1917.
Release Date: February 3, 2016 (France) | Length: 119 min | Genre: Biography, Drama | Rating: Tous publics