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Actors: Gerard Jugnot, Francois Berleand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Les Choristes (The Chorus) |
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In 1949 Clement Mathieu (Jugnot), a washed-out music teacher and composer, gets a last-chance job as a teaching assistant in a boarding school for orphans and troubled kids. The place is directed by a headmaster who believes in strong discipline and harsh punishment. Mathieu starts a choir among the fractious student body, drawing in -- among others -- a very unhappy and rebellious blond kid named Pierre Morhange (Maunier), recently enrolled by his single mother, who has an incredible singing voice. Although the plot is very familiar, this 2004 French movie is still very moving, and was the top draw at the box office in France the year it was released.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Les Choristes (The Chorus) |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- teacher
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing nude male butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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