The Chorus (French: Les Choristes), is a 2004 film directed by Christophe Barratier. The plot is about a passionate music teacher who arrives at a correctional boarding school for boys and transforms their lives through music. The film stars Gérard Jugnot as Clément Mathieu the teacher, and Jean-Baptiste Maunier as Pierre Morhange, one of his stuThe Chorus (French: Les Choristes), is a 2004 film directed by Christophe Barratier. The plot is about a passionate music teacher who arrives at a correctional boarding school for boys and transforms their lives through music. The film stars Gérard Jugnot as Clément Mathieu the teacher, and Jean-Baptiste Maunier as Pierre Morhange, one of his students, a musical prodigy. The movie is based on La Cage aux Rossignols.
The film explores the pain of a child's separation from his parents, and the transcendence of music as the greatest form of expression.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; the song "Vois Sur Ton Chemin (Look To Your Path)" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song.... (more)(less)