Chocolat

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Chocolat is a French biographical drama film depicting the life of Rafael Padilla, a formerly enslaved Afro-Cuban man who became France’s first Black circus clown in the late 19th century.

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instanceOf film
basedOn Chocolat, clown nègre (book) NERFINISHED
the life of Rafael Padilla
cinematographyBy Thomas Letellier NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
depicts Black performers in Europe
circus life
late 19th century France
racism in France
director Roschdy Zem NERFINISHED
distributor Gaumont NERFINISHED
editedBy Monica Coleman NERFINISHED
follows the career of France’s first Black circus clown
genre biographical film
drama film
historical film
hasTitleInLanguage Chocolat (English) NERFINISHED
Chocolat (French) NERFINISHED
mainSubject Rafael Padilla NERFINISHED
musicBy Gabriel Yared NERFINISHED
notableAwardNomination César Award nominations
originalLanguage French
portrays George Foottit NERFINISHED
Rafael Padilla NERFINISHED
portraysEthnicity Afro-Cuban
portraysOccupation circus clown
portraysTheme fame and downfall
friendship
identity
racial discrimination
productionCompany Gaumont NERFINISHED
Mandarin Cinéma NERFINISHED
releaseDate 2016-02-03
releaseYear 2016
runtimeMinutes 119
screenwriter Cyril Gely NERFINISHED
Gérard Noiriel NERFINISHED
Olivier Gorce NERFINISHED
Roschdy Zem NERFINISHED
setInCountry France NERFINISHED
setInPeriod Belle Époque NERFINISHED
stars Clotilde Hesme NERFINISHED
Frédéric Pierrot NERFINISHED
James Thierrée NERFINISHED
Olivier Gourmet NERFINISHED
Omar Sy NERFINISHED

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Omar Sy notableWork Chocolat
Ron Cook notableWork Chocolat
Andrew Mondshein workedOn Chocolat
Comte de Reynaud fictionalUniverse Chocolat
this entity surface form: Chocolat (film)