Choristes, Les (2004)

Director:

Christophe Barratier

Writers:

Georges Chaperot (1945 story "La Cage aux rossignols") &
René Wheeler (1945 story "La Cage aux rossignols") ...

Release Date:

17 marzo 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance

Plot:

The new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively effect the students' lives through music.

Plot Keywords:

Genius | Remake | Soprano | Singing | Classical Music

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 21 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Moving Film of Great Improtance

Cast

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

También conocida como:

Chorists (International: English title)
Kinder des Monsieur Mathieu, Die (Germany)
The Choir (International: English title)
The Choir Boys (Singapore: English title)
The Chorus (USA)
Coristas, Los (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Chicos del coro, Los (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language/sexual references and violence.

Duración:

96 min

País:

France | Switzerland | Germany

Idioma:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Zurich) | South Korea:All | Iceland:16 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 | Netherlands:MG6 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Château de Ravel, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Company:

Vega Film

Trivialidades:

In 2004, this was the #1 movie at the French box office, with more than 8.6 million admissions.

Goofs:

Continuity: The actor who plays Pierre Morhange as an adult has brown eyes, but the actor who plays Pierre Morhange as a boy has blue eyes.

Quotes:

Clément Mathieu: [they've found the stolen money and a harmonica] You know Mondain was expelled because they thought he'd stolen the money.
Corbin: No, sir.
Clément Mathieu: No, that's right you didn't. But now I've told you. So what were you going to do with this money?
Corbin: If I tell you, do you promise not to tell anyone?
Clément Mathieu: Promise.
Corbin: I was going to use it to buy...
Clément Mathieu: To buy what?
Corbin: My Montgolfier balloon.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

La Nuit

A Moving Film of Great Improtance

Boys as a group are perhaps the least understood human beings among us. Les Choristes invites our understanding of their sensibility, sensitivity, and the ease with which they are treated badly -- in fact, have always been treated badly by institutions, educators and parents. The importance of fathers in their lives and their great need for a surrogate if the natural fathers are missing are beautifully explored in this film. The screenplay and its realization on screen are very effective in showing how the difficult combination of giving boys strong direction and tenderness and finding a way to their hearts can be accomplished. This film helps us understand how the same human creature can be hard and sullen one moment and sweetly spiritual the next, inaccessible one minute and needy the next. It is also an inspiring film for young men preparing to be teachers.