Chevalier
The true untold story.
MusicDramaHistorybiographymarie antoinettebased on true storyviolinist18th centuryillegitimate child
A biographical drama about an 18th-century Black virtuoso navigating ambition, love, and social prejudice in the French court, balancing triumph with the weight of his impossible position.
The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne 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 and her court.
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