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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🔍 Search on JustWatch →This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.
Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.
For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.
Director: Stephen Williams
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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Joseph
Samara Weaving
Marie-Josephine
Lucy Boynton
Marie Antoinette
Alex Fitzalan
Philippe
Minnie Driver
La Guimard
Sian Clifford
Madame de Genlis
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Christoph Gluck
Marton Csokas
Montalembert
Alec Newman
Poncet
Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo
Nanon
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