LES CHORISTES d: Christophe Barratier

Les Choristes / The Chorus (2004)
Direction: Christophe Barratier
Screenplay: Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval; inspired by the 1945 motion picture La Cage aux rossignols / A Cage of Nightingales, written by Georges Chaperot, Noël-Noël, and René Wheeler
Cast: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad, Marie Bunel, Jacques Perrin, Maxence Perrin, Didier Flamand, Grégory Gatignol, Thomas Blumenthal
 

 

A gigantic hit in France, Christophe Barratier’s feature-film début, Les Choristes / The Chorus, is the newest cinematic incarnation of that old theme: the teacher who, through firmness, kindness, and understanding — mostly kindness and understanding — tames the savage hearts of his/her pupils. In addition to those qualities, the boarding-school teacher in Les Choristes, like the one played by Noël Noël in [...]

by Andre Soares | December 17, 2004   
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