'Chevalier' Trailer & Poster

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Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, 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

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[little_vienna]

Well. It looks beautiful, but I can't enjoy it.

Everything I've read about this movie indicates that they took the real story of Saint-Georges, threw it out the window. They took away his actual achievements and agency in favor of replacing it with a very specific narrative that simply didn't exist in his actual life.

A glaring example is featured in the trailer. In the trailer, we see Marie Antoinette "gifting" Bologne with the title of chevalier in front of the court, in the mid-1770s.

In real life? Bologne earned the title of the Chevalier himself, after he was admitted to and graduated from (on his own merits) a royal academy for royal guards. He did this in 1766, when Marie Antoinette wasn't even in France yet, and was still 11 year old

[__onthebound]

Thank you for this. I wouldn't have known

[frankthesheep]

thanks so much for this!!!