Omar Sy

Character: Rafael Padilla, aka Chocolat

James Thierrée

Character: George Footit

Clotilde Hesme

Character: Marie Hecquet

Olivier Gourmet

Character: Joseph Oller

Frédéric Pierrot

Character: Théodore Delvaux

Noémie Lvovsky

Character: Yvonne Delvaux

Alice de Lencquesaing

Character: Camille

Alex Descas

Character: Victor

Olivier Rabourdin

Character: Firmin Gemier

Thibault de Montalembert

Character: Jules Moy

Héléna Soubeyrand

Character: Régina Badet

Xavier Beauvois

Character: Jacques Potin

Christophe Fluder

Character: Marval, the lilliputian

Antonin Maurel

Character: The clown Ortis

Mick Holsbeke

Character: The clown Green

Wilfred Benaïche

Character: Mr Constantine

John Arnold

Character: The Corsica

Olympe

Character: Suzanne (6 years old)

Timothé Vom Dorp

Character: Eugène (8 years old)

Clovis Fouin

Character: Frédo

Cédric Appietto

Character: Leca

Hocine Choutri

Character: Ray

Dan Herzberg

Character: Fergus

Eric Kailey

Character: Guardian Mace

Bô Gaultier de Kermoal

Character: Lee

Matthieu Rozé

Character: Beardless gendarme

Stefan Godin

Character: Mustached gendarme

Denis Podalydès

Character: Louis Lumière

Bruno Podalydès

Character: Auguste Lumière

Fernando Echevarría

Character: Mr Delmont

Phénix Brossard

Character: Eugène (young man)

Luc Antoni

Character: The father

Achille Potier

Character: The child

Anne-Lise Kedvès

Character: Client

Isabelle Mazin

Character: Grocer

Jean-Gilles Barbier

Character: Elderly player

Pierre Alloggia

Character: Guide

Jean-Pol Brissart

Character: Professor Lannelongue

Luis Francisco Cruz

Character: Rafael's father

Linnett Hernandez Valdes

Character: Rafael's mother

Andy Gillet

Character: Transvestite

Marie-Pierre Bellefleur

Character: Neighbor

Vincent Nemeth

Character: Journalist

Jérémy Alberti

Character: Journalist

Yvo Muller

Character: Journalist

Claire Morin

Character: Journalist

Serge Massot

Character: Manetti

Félix Kysyl

Character: Street vendor

Thierry Nenez

Character: Hotelkeeper

Félix Bossuet

Character: Gustave

Marina Pastor

Character: Theater assistant

Raphaël Caduc

Character: Eugène (14 years old)

Lilly Rose Debos

Character: Child

Stéphane Varupenne

Character: Lodovico

Cyprien Craipeau

Character: Sick child

Anthony Ursin

Character: Child at the exit of the artists

Michel Amsellem

Character: Pianist

Michèle Clément

Character: Spectator

Roman Kossowski

Character: Player

Delphine Montaigne

Character: Émilia

Agathe Anquez

Character: (uncredited)

Rafaël de Ferran

Character: (uncredited)

Geoffroy de La Taille

Character: (uncredited)

Blandine Laignel

Character: (uncredited)

Romain Ogerau

Character: (uncredited)

David Benhamou

Character: Spectator in the theatre (uncredited)

Mikael Buxton

Character: Aristocrat (uncredited)

Alexia Giordano

Character: Prostitude (uncredited)

Elise Lissague

Character: Prostitude (uncredited)

Julia Effertz

Character: Esmeralda (voice) (uncredited)