The Chorus (2004)
(Les choristes)
Country: FR/SW/GER
Technical: col/scope 96m
Director: Christophe Barratier
Cast: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Marie Bunel, Jean-Baptiste Maunier
Synopsis:
A disheartened composer takes a job as class supervisor at a tough boarding school for orphans and delinquents. He attempts to temper the standoff between the shiftless pupils and the martinet of a headmaster by forming a choir and setting music for them to sing.
Review:
Feelgood, though undeniably engaging period tale, in which the obstacles are very real but always surmountable in the end. The progress of the singers from tone-deaf brutes to little angels is somewhat glossed over, despite the fact that the soloist's talent is a given. The film was a huge success in France, signalling perhaps a reaction against the rather bleak diet of recent years.
(Les choristes)
Country: FR/SW/GER
Technical: col/scope 96m
Director: Christophe Barratier
Cast: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Marie Bunel, Jean-Baptiste Maunier
Synopsis:
A disheartened composer takes a job as class supervisor at a tough boarding school for orphans and delinquents. He attempts to temper the standoff between the shiftless pupils and the martinet of a headmaster by forming a choir and setting music for them to sing.
Review:
Feelgood, though undeniably engaging period tale, in which the obstacles are very real but always surmountable in the end. The progress of the singers from tone-deaf brutes to little angels is somewhat glossed over, despite the fact that the soloist's talent is a given. The film was a huge success in France, signalling perhaps a reaction against the rather bleak diet of recent years.
(Les choristes)
Country: FR/SW/GER
Technical: col/scope 96m
Director: Christophe Barratier
Cast: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Marie Bunel, Jean-Baptiste Maunier
Synopsis:
A disheartened composer takes a job as class supervisor at a tough boarding school for orphans and delinquents. He attempts to temper the standoff between the shiftless pupils and the martinet of a headmaster by forming a choir and setting music for them to sing.
Review:
Feelgood, though undeniably engaging period tale, in which the obstacles are very real but always surmountable in the end. The progress of the singers from tone-deaf brutes to little angels is somewhat glossed over, despite the fact that the soloist's talent is a given. The film was a huge success in France, signalling perhaps a reaction against the rather bleak diet of recent years.