CHEVALIER (12A)
★★★✩✩
A MUSICAL prodigy faces racial discrimination across the class divide in director Stephen Williams’ handsome period drama, based on the untold true story of composer Joseph Bologne, whose artistic achievements were almost erased from history during the upheaval of the French Revolution in the late 18th century.
Kelvin Harrison Jr adopts a cocksure swagger in the title role, beginning with an eye-catching opening sequence in which Bologne brazenly shares the stage with Mozart (Joseph Prowen) and humiliates the Austrian composer by performing one of his works with more verve and passion than its dumbfounded creator.
As the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne is vigorously encouraged by his father (Jim High) to achieve excellence in all aspects of his schooling at the prestigious Academie La Boessiere.
This story is from the June 09, 2023 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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