一位黑人演员即将登台表演,他迎向舞台中央享受热情如火的掌声,从这个马戏团开始,他有著身为命运小丑最灿烂及黯淡的光影聚焦。在巴黎最美好的年代,成为第一位登台表演的巧克力色人种,这是属于他的特异,可能也是不幸。命运偶然,当他遇见福提特成为表演搭档后便迅速窜红,引起群众热潮,在舞台的星 光灿烂之下──赌博、歧视、崛起与堕落,将串起他们特殊及迥异的传奇一生。The life story of Rafael Padilla, a former slave in Cuba, who unexpectedly became a star clown in the Paris of the Belle Epoque. Discovered in a small country circus in the North of France by George Footit, a British clown and acrobat, he formed a successful duo with him, 'Footit and Chocolat'. For two decades, and despite conflicts between the two artists, Footit as the authoritarian white clown and Chocolat as the Auguste Black drudge filled crowds with enthusiasm. But nothing lasts forever and the glory of Chocolat, despite his high ambitions, started to decline until his premature death in 1917.