Directed by:
Roschdy ZemScreenplay:
Cyril GélyCinematography:
Thomas LetellierComposer:
Gabriel YaredCast:
Omar Sy, James Thiérrée, Noémie Lvovsky, Frédéric Pierrot, Mikael Buxton, Héléna Soubeyrand, Timothé Vom Dorp, Clotilde Hesme, Olivier Gourmet (more)Plots(1)
Padilla was born in Cuba in 1868 and was sold into slavery at the age of 9, to a Portuguese merchant. After escaping slavery, he traveled to Paris and launched a career in the circus, captivating the French with his talents as a singer and dancer, and as a clown, working under the stage name 'Chocolat'. (Transmission Films)
Cast
Omar Sy
France
Best movies:
The Intouchables (2011)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Two Is a Family (2016)
James Thiérrée
Switzerland
Best movies:
Prospero's Books (1991)
Stefano Quantestorie (1993)
Total Eclipse (1995)
Noémie Lvovsky
France
Best movies:
Guilty (2011)
Le Skylab (2011)
Monsieur Chocolat (2016)
Frédéric Pierrot
France
Best movies:
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
Land and Freedom (1995)
Sarah's Key (2010)
Mikael Buxton
Best movies:
Monsieur Chocolat (2016)
Taken 3 (2014)
The Transporter Refueled (2015)
Héléna Soubeyrand
France
Best movies:
Taken (2008)
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
Monsieur Chocolat (2016)
Timothé Vom Dorp
Best movies:
Suzanne (2013)
Monsieur Chocolat (2016)
Astro Kid (2019)
Clotilde Hesme
France
Best movies:
Regular Lovers (2005)
Les Chansons d'Amour (2007)
The Grocer's Son (2007)
Olivier Gourmet
Belgium
Best movies:
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
The Promise (1996)
Rosetta (1999)
Alex Descas
France
Best movies:
The House (1997)
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
The Intruder (2004)
Olivier Rabourdin
France
Best movies:
Taken (2008)
Welcome (2009)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Thibault de Montalembert
France
Best movies:
Indochine (1992)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
Xavier Beauvois
France
Best movies:
Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die (1995)
Ponette (1996)
The Wind of the Night (1999)
Christophe Fluder
Best movies:
Monsieur Chocolat (2016)
Low Cost (2011)
Incontrôlable (2006)
Wilfred Benaïche
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
Same Old Song (1997)
Monsieur Chocolat (2016)
Hocine Choutri
Best movies:
In Praise of Love (2001)
Monsieur Chocolat (2016)
Counter Investigation (2007)
Matthieu Rozé
Best movies:
Ryna (2005)
Nobody from Nowhere (2014)
Monsieur Chocolat (2016)
Stefan Godin
Best movies:
What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
Monsieur Chocolat (2016)
Blind Date (2015)
Denis Podalydès
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Mother (1991)
The Vortex of Life (2022)