Fox Searchlight has released the very first trailer for festival fave Chevalier, a new period piece led by Kelvin Harrison Jr. The film played at this year’s TIFF to some really great reviews and will roll out in cinemas next year.
Also lining up among the main cast is Lucy Boynton, Samara Weaving, Minnie Driver, Marton Csokas, Sian Clifford, Alec Newman, Ronke Adekoluejo, and Alex Fitzalan.
The story is as follows:
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 (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) 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 (Lucy Boynton) and her court.
There’s a bit of a wait for this one, with a release date set for April 2023.
Here’s the trailer.
