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Choristes, Les (2004)

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User Rating: 7.8/10 (11,749 votes)
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Overview

Writers:
Georges Chaperot (1945 story "La Cage aux rossignols") &
René Wheeler (1945 story "La Cage aux rossignols") ...
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Release Date:
17 March 2004 (Belgium) more view trailer
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance more
Plot:
The new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively effect the students' lives through music. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 21 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
Tiff Review: Paris 36 (From Cinematical. 6 September 2008, 1:32 PM, PDT)
Discord Over Movie's Singers (From Studio Briefing. 2 June 2005)
User Comments:
Music of the heart more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Gérard Jugnot ... Clément Mathieu
François Berléand ... Rachin
Kad Merad ... Chabert
Jean-Paul Bonnaire ... La Père Maxence
Marie Bunel ... Violette Morhange
Jean-Baptiste Maunier ... Pierre Morhange
Maxence Perrin ... Pépinot
Grégory Gatignol ... Mondain
Thomas Blumenthal ... Corbin
Cyril Bernicot ... Le Querrec
Simon Fargeot ... Boniface
Théodule Carré-Cassaigne ... Leclerc
Philippe Du Janerand ... Monsieur Langlois
Carole Weiss ... La Comtesse
Erick Desmarestz ... Le Docteur Dervaux
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Chorists (International: English title)
Kinder des Monsieur Mathieu, Die (Germany)
The Choir (International: English title)
The Choir Boys (Singapore: English title)
The Chorus (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some language/sexual references and violence.
Runtime:
96 min
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
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Company:
Vega Film more

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Trivia:
In 2004, this was the #1 movie at the French box office, with more than 8.6 million admissions. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: As Rachin enters the car and leaves with his family towards the end of the movie, crew members are reflected on the car windows. more
Quotes:
Clément Mathieu: You see evil everywhere.
Chabert: Here? Yes.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Caché (2005) more
Soundtrack:
La Nuit more

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37 out of 43 people found the following comment useful:-
Music of the heart, 3 March 2005
10/10
Author: jotix100 from New York

The excellent film "The Choir" takes us back to a France of the past where the director Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval place their story about a school for problem children.

In a way, we have seen similar situations where a good teacher is the catalyst for turning around a group of unruly students into good and productive young men and women. Mathieu Clement, is such a man. His kindness toward the children is returned to him by the students, as they respond to the way he teaches music to motivate and interest them. M. Clement has a keen sense of how to deal with the students; instead of the hard line approach the principal, Rachin, insists in dealing with them, he has other ways to make them change.

The music created by the film director, M. Barratier, and Bruno Coulais, gives the film the right tone. We also hear a song by Rameau, "La Nuit", which is sung with such sweetness that it disarms us and get us into the right mood for enjoying "The Choir" even more.

The film owes a great deal to Gerard Jugnot, who plays the kind teacher who sees possibilities among all these kids. His take on Mathiew Clement is the right one, because the children see in him someone that is the opposite of the other teachers and the mean principal. As the director of the school, Francois Berleand does a good job in portraying this egotistical man who can't see what his own cruelty is doing to the young people in his charge.

The children are as sweet as one expects them to be. Especially Jean Baptiste Maunier, who plays the young Pierre Morhange. Also an angelic Maxence Perrin enchants the viewer as the young orphan Pepinot. Marie Bunel plays Pierre's mother well.

This film is music to the ears of viewers, young and old.

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