Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- Ireland, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- biography
- marie antoinette
- based on true story
- violinist
- 18th century
- illegitimate child
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Jessica Boone — La Arnould
- Jim High — George Bologne
- Fatou Sohna — Rosie
- Sam Barlien — King Louis XVI
- Martin Matejcik — Alexander Picard
- Directed
- Stephen Williams
- Written
- Stefani Robinson
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 134 ratings
- Studio
- Searchlight Pictures, Element Pictures, TSG Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
