In ChevalierMovie, an erased figured -- Joseph Bologne, as played by Kelvin Harrison Jr. -- gets a lush biopic
"Chevalier" - ★ ★ ★ Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was an extraordinarily accomplished man in Marie Antoinette's France. He was a scholar, a fencer, a virtuoso violinist and a famous and sought-after composer who wrote string quartets, symphonies and operas.
Inspired by history, Joseph Bologne , the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was a virtuoso violinist and a famous and sought-after composer who wrote string quartets, symphonies and operas in"Chevalier." - Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures It's his story -- or a fictionalized version of it with the requisite drama, romance, scandal and tears to fill in the many gaps in his biography -- that's told in the new film"Chevalier," with Kelvin Harrison Jr. in the title role.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service In the film, directed by Stephen Williams, Bologne's father recognizes him as a musical prodigy and sends him to a boarding school in France to nurture his talent. This is also likely a fabrication, and apparently it was more common than the film shows for the fathers of mixed-race children to send them to these schools.
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