Dir. Stephen Williams
2022 | 107 mins | US
French with English subtitles
Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton

SHOWING TIMES:

• Fri 07 Jul: 6pm
• Sun 09 Jul: 8.15pm
• Mon 10 Jul: 2pm
• Tue 11 Jul: 10.45am
• Wed 12 Jul: 5.30pm
• Thu 13 Jul: 5.45pm

Kelvin Harrison Jr plays the Caribbean-born maestro, once declared ‘the most accomplished man in Europe’, in this period drama inspired by true events, who takes on Mozart in a duel-by-violin.

Composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges was born as the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner. Through his talent Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer and brushes shoulders with the most elite characters of 18th centuary Paris, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton) and her court.

Chevalier is enchanting as it retrieves an extraordinary Black life from historical obscurity and deems it biopic-worthy.

∆ BBFC Rating Details:

Racism, moderate violence, threat, sex references, brief strong language

VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74

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