Directed by: Christophe Barratier
Staring: Gerard Jugnot, Jacques Perrin, Marie Bunel and Jean-Baptiste Maunier
The Chorus is an uplifting tale of a masterful teacher who puts his heart into his work and changes the lives of his students forever.
Set in 1940’s rural France at a school for poor boys who are either orphaned or delinquent.
The boys range from the socially awkward to outright bullies and are not averse to stealing and fighting. They defy authority, especially when it comes from their brutally unfair and abusive headmaster. Only after their new teacher shows them that he will guide them, befriend them and teach them by rousing their curiosity, not by insisting or punishing, do they begin to change. The choir he forms become a source of pride to the boys, allowing them to rise above the confines of their meagre and stifling school and dream of a bright future.
With a beautiful soundtrack of boys singing, the music of this film will stay with the audience long after the film is finished.