The Chorus: Les Choristes
Christophe Barratier
The Chorus: Les Choristes [videorecording]= Christophe Barratier - France Vega Film 2004 - 1 videodisc (ca. x 97 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in.
Remarks and Awards:
-Winner - Heartland Film Festival for Best Picture
-Winner - Chicago Film Festival for Audience Choice Awards
-Winner - Austin Film Festival for Audience Choice Awards.
-Nominated twice for the Academy Award - Best Foreign Language Film.
-"Enchantingly Beautiful and Moving"- USA Today
-PG 13.
Fond de l'Etang serves as a rural boarding school for troubled boys in mid-twentieth-century France. At the helm is Principal M. Rachin, a self-absorbed disciplinarian who enforces a strict "action - reaction" policy, implying severe consequences for any misbehavior. Despite Rachin's approach, the boys collectively remain unruly. Consequently, the teachers become more like supervisors, constantly on the lookout for the boys' subversive actions. On January 15, 1949, a new supervisor, M. Clément Mathieu, arrives at the school. Mathieu is a middle-aged man searching for his purpose in life after a series of failures. Although he perceives the boys as unruly, he disagrees with the "action - reaction" policy and subtly works against it while clashing with Rachin. Gradually, Mathieu's strategy of tailoring discipline to fit the offense positively impacts some students. With Rachin's reluctant approval, Mathieu embarks on a bold experiment to change the school's overall atmosphere. Central to this experiment is the formation of a choir among his students. This is a challenging endeavor for Mathieu, as he is a failed musician, and for the initially resistant students. Throughout this process, Mathieu focuses on two students for different reasons. Pépinot, a younger boy, lacks guidance and purpose, always waiting for his absent father to pick him up on Saturdays. On the other hand, there's Pierre Morhange, an older student, who is introverted but occasionally rebels against authority. He hides a love for music and genuine talent. In addition to dealing with Rachin and the students' skepticism, Mathieu faces the challenge of Pascal Mondain, a deeply troubled older student with pathological tendencies, whose presence could disrupt the school and Mathieu's project. More than fifty years later, Morhange and Pépinot, who didn't spend much time together during their school days, are reading Mathieu's memoirs about his time at the school. These memoirs unveil the reason they have access to them and the profound impact Mathieu had on their lives."
DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; surround; NTSC; Regions 1; 2,40:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
Movie Audio Language: French
Movie Subtitle Language: Spanish and English
PN1997 / .C467 2004
The Chorus: Les Choristes [videorecording]= Christophe Barratier - France Vega Film 2004 - 1 videodisc (ca. x 97 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in.
Remarks and Awards:
-Winner - Heartland Film Festival for Best Picture
-Winner - Chicago Film Festival for Audience Choice Awards
-Winner - Austin Film Festival for Audience Choice Awards.
-Nominated twice for the Academy Award - Best Foreign Language Film.
-"Enchantingly Beautiful and Moving"- USA Today
-PG 13.
Fond de l'Etang serves as a rural boarding school for troubled boys in mid-twentieth-century France. At the helm is Principal M. Rachin, a self-absorbed disciplinarian who enforces a strict "action - reaction" policy, implying severe consequences for any misbehavior. Despite Rachin's approach, the boys collectively remain unruly. Consequently, the teachers become more like supervisors, constantly on the lookout for the boys' subversive actions. On January 15, 1949, a new supervisor, M. Clément Mathieu, arrives at the school. Mathieu is a middle-aged man searching for his purpose in life after a series of failures. Although he perceives the boys as unruly, he disagrees with the "action - reaction" policy and subtly works against it while clashing with Rachin. Gradually, Mathieu's strategy of tailoring discipline to fit the offense positively impacts some students. With Rachin's reluctant approval, Mathieu embarks on a bold experiment to change the school's overall atmosphere. Central to this experiment is the formation of a choir among his students. This is a challenging endeavor for Mathieu, as he is a failed musician, and for the initially resistant students. Throughout this process, Mathieu focuses on two students for different reasons. Pépinot, a younger boy, lacks guidance and purpose, always waiting for his absent father to pick him up on Saturdays. On the other hand, there's Pierre Morhange, an older student, who is introverted but occasionally rebels against authority. He hides a love for music and genuine talent. In addition to dealing with Rachin and the students' skepticism, Mathieu faces the challenge of Pascal Mondain, a deeply troubled older student with pathological tendencies, whose presence could disrupt the school and Mathieu's project. More than fifty years later, Morhange and Pépinot, who didn't spend much time together during their school days, are reading Mathieu's memoirs about his time at the school. These memoirs unveil the reason they have access to them and the profound impact Mathieu had on their lives."
DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; surround; NTSC; Regions 1; 2,40:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
Movie Audio Language: French
Movie Subtitle Language: Spanish and English
PN1997 / .C467 2004