Chevalier
classified 12A
Film
Please note: This was screened in June 2023
Chevalier is the untold true story of composer Joseph Bologne, and how he defied the racial norms of 18th century Europe to become the renowned musical genius known as Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance), rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton) herself and her court.
As French society faces revolution, Chevalier must choose where his true loyalties lie.