CHEVALIER MOVIE DRAMA
WELCOME TO FRENCH COURT
To our delight, there is a number of upcoming period set movies that will have their stories happening in France. Beside Clicquot, which will follow the rise
of the famous champagne producing dynasty starring our sweetest boo Leo Suter, and Le Pot Au Feu de Dodin Bouffant, with Juliette Binoche and her baby's daddy Benoit Magimel in the love story set in the world of 1885 French gastronomy, we will first enjoy CHEVALIER movie drama which arrives to cinemas April 21st after successfully screening last September at Toronto Film Festival. After our visit to the lavish court of Catherine the Great yesterday, this one is taking us over to the glitzy court of Marie Antoinette. Her personal composer Chevalier de Saint-Georges also appears briefly in Marie ![]()
Antoinette series which already aired in Europe, but will arrive to USA on PBS Masterpiece this March. But Stephen Williams directed movie, based ![]()
on the true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, follows his rise to heights in French society as a composer before an ill-fated love affair.
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| Chevalier is out in cinemas this April |
Antoinette series which already aired in Europe, but will arrive to USA on PBS Masterpiece this March. But Stephen Williams directed movie, based 
on the true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, follows his rise to heights in French society as a composer before an ill-fated love affair. THE STORY FOLLOWS
The rise and resurgence of Chevalier de Saint-Georges (played by Kelvin Harrison Jr), an 18th century French-Caribbean violinist and composer who![]()
rose to fame through his musical prodigy. But a complicated love life and the racism of the ancien régime leads to a falling out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton), whose entourage he was a member of at the French court, and ![]()
Saint-Georges realizes that things must change. Beside being a composer, virtuoso violinist and an amazing swordsman who fought many duels, he also founded schools for children in Africa.
rose to fame through his musical prodigy. But a complicated love life and the racism of the ancien régime leads to a falling out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton), whose entourage he was a member of at the French court, and 
Saint-Georges realizes that things must change. Beside being a composer, virtuoso violinist and an amazing swordsman who fought many duels, he also founded schools for children in Africa. WHO ELSE IS AT THE COURT?
The cast of the new movie also includes gorgeous Samara Weaving who stars as Marie-Josephine de Montalembert, Marton Csokas as Marc René, ![]()
marquis de Montalembert, Alex Fitzalan as Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and godawful Minnie Driver as Marie-Madeleine Guimard! Sian ![]()
Clifford is Madame de Genlis with Joseph Proven playing famous Mozart (he lived at the time of Mozart, Haydn and Liszt) and Sam Barlien![]()
portraying the king himself Louis XVI of France! The film boasts resplendent costumes and sets which were shot in Czech capital Prague.
marquis de Montalembert, Alex Fitzalan as Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and godawful Minnie Driver as Marie-Madeleine Guimard! Sian 
Clifford is Madame de Genlis with Joseph Proven playing famous Mozart (he lived at the time of Mozart, Haydn and Liszt) and Sam Barlien
portraying the king himself Louis XVI of France! The film boasts resplendent costumes and sets which were shot in Czech capital Prague.