Alice de Lencquesaing

Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.

A young woman is searching, today, in Paris, the collection of paintings stolen from her Jewish family during WWII.