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100% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Roschdy Zem Music by Gabriel Yared Director Roschdy Zem Producer Nicolas Altmayer | 7.1/10 IMDb 3.8/5 AlloCine Starring Omar Sy
James Thiérrée Initial release 5 January 2016 (France) Box office 11.8 million USD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Éric Altmayer
Nicolas Altmayer Written by Roschdy Zem
Cyril Gely
Olivier Gorce
Gérard Noiriel Based on Chocolat, clown nègre. L'histoire oubliée du premier artiste noir de la scène française
by Gérard Noiriel Screenplay Roschdy Zem, Gérard Noiriel, Cyril Gély, Olivier Gorce Cast Omar Sy, James Thiérrée, Clotilde Hesme, Olivier Gourmet, Frédéric Pierrot Similar Samba, The Intouchables, On the Other Side of the Tra, Chocolate, Demain tout commence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chocolat is a 2016 French drama film directed by Roschdy Zem and starring Omar Sy and James Thiérrée.
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Plot
The clown Chocolat (Omar Sy) becomes, in 1886, the first black artist of the French scene. He forms a comedy duo with white clown George Foottit in a special universe with the white clown, authoritative, and a black clown scapegoat. In 1897, a black man named Kananga, the son of former slave Cuba, plays a small role in the modest cicus Delvaux. George Foottit, a white clown, is asked by the director to bring up their numbers. He gets the idea to have an act with Kananga; a white authoritative clown and a black scape-goat named Chocolat. They are well received and the word spreads through France, reaching Joseph Oller, director of the Nouveau Cirque. He asks Foottit and Chocolat to take their show to his Parisien establishment. the succes is immediate, and Chocolat becomes the first black artist in the French Scene. Intoxicated with money, he gives himself to gambling and women.
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