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)VOD (1)
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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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/240/163240769_a1467f.jpg)
Omar Sy
France
Best movies:
The Intouchables (2011)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Two Is a Family (2016)
![James Thiérrée](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/149/161149212_5a35b0.jpg)
James Thiérrée
Switzerland
Best movies:
Prospero's Books (1991)
Stefano Quantestorie (1993)
Total Eclipse (1995)
![Noémie Lvovsky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/833/160833102_5a67e7.png)
Noémie Lvovsky
France
![Frédéric Pierrot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/730/160730486_ec31ce.png)
Frédéric Pierrot
France
Best movies:
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
Land and Freedom (1995)
Sarah's Key (2010)
Mikael Buxton
Best movies:
Chocolat (2016)
L'Enlèvement 3 (2014)
The Transporter Refueled (2015)
![Héléna Soubeyrand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/045/163045947_1424c0.jpg)
Héléna Soubeyrand
France
Best movies:
L'Enlèvement (2008)
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
Chocolat (2016)
![Timothé Vom Dorp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/908/160908053_dc489f.jpg)
Timothé Vom Dorp
Best movies:
Suzanne (2013)
Chocolat (2016)
Terra Willy: Unexplored Planet (2019)
![Clotilde Hesme](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/730/160730488_9ae25c.png)
Clotilde Hesme
France
Best movies:
Regular Lovers (2005)
Les Chansons d'Amour (2007)
The Grocer's Son (2007)
![Olivier Gourmet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/627/162627061_43c71a.jpg)
Olivier Gourmet
Belgium
Best movies:
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
The Promise (1996)
Rosetta (1999)
![Alex Descas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/809/161809252_4aba51.png)
Alex Descas
France
Best movies:
The House (1997)
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
The Intruder (2004)
![Olivier Rabourdin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/843/160843621_e43bd5.png)
Olivier Rabourdin
France
Best movies:
L'Enlèvement (2008)
Welcome (2009)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
![Thibault de Montalembert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/719/160719919_f5ea8e.png)
Thibault de Montalembert
France
Best movies:
Indochine (1992)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
![Xavier Beauvois](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273827_c848d8.jpg)
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:
Chocolat (2016)
Low Cost (2011)
Incontrôlable (2006)
![Wilfred Benaïche](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/846/161846486_91ed87.png)
Wilfred Benaïche
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
Same Old Song (1997)
Chocolat (2016)
Hocine Choutri
Best movies:
In Praise of Love (2001)
Chocolat (2016)
Counter Investigation (2007)
Matthieu Rozé
Best movies:
Ryna (2005)
Nobody from Nowhere (2014)
Chocolat (2016)
Stefan Godin
Best movies:
What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
Chocolat (2016)
Blind Date (2015)
![Denis Podalydès](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/452/452472_9ca5b1.jpg)
Denis Podalydès
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Mother (1991)
The Vortex of Life (2022)