“A huge hit in its native France, period drama Les Choristes sticks to a familiar songsheet: the one where a kindly teacher slowly but very surely wins over his urchin pupils. Yet even though all the notes are predictable, the film hits them with wit, warmth and gusto. Centred on the soaring sound of a boys' choir, this Oscar nominee may be a school of schlock, but if you're willing to submit, it'll charm your ears and toast your cockles.” A film review given by Matthew Leyland from BBC which shows to us what the movie is all about. Les Choristes is a 2004 German-Swiss-French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval that garnered different nominations from different film awards.
Les Choristes is set in the post world war II France, a time of social restructuring and economic recovery from German occupation. The story revolved around Clement Mathieu and his students. Clement Mathieu is quite a talented musician who loves to do music. He became an assistant-teacher at a boarding school for boys, "Le fond de l’etang.” It is a boarding school for children with attitude problems, children left by parents in order for them to have time to work, and some orphans too.
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Instead of resorting to the “action reaction” rule of headmaster Rachin, Mathieu tried to make his students feel his patience and love by teaching them one step at a time. When he found out that the boys have some ability for singing through their schoolyard chants, he used his abandoned passion for music by forming a choir to promote unity and harmony. According to Aristotle, the mind is a tabula rasa, a clean slate. In Les Choristes, the students had a new beginning when Clement Mathieu decided to treat them differently and allow them to move on from their past self and be