A superb movie! I'm actually a fan of musical movie, and this movie is my favourite of all. Imagine there are a group of children singing in front of you, and their voices are angels' voices!
Actually I should talk about bully and discipline, but I always think that using violence to control violence is nonsence. The principle in the movie used 'action-reaction' to control the children. In my opinion, this would only encourage the children to use violence to settle problems, to handle frustration and to express their feelings. I would not justify this kind of act, although it is always 'for your own good'.
Another thing that made this movie enjoyable is the music. Music can heel the hurt. This is best represented in this movie. The students earned respect through their love in music.
I also think that this movie is based on the theme of 'action-reaction'. In the case of Mordan, the villain. He came back to burn down the school because he hate his principle that blamed every stealing cases on him, and the principle accused him of stealing although he did not admit it. This maybe another kind of Karma, I think.
Back to this movie, Starting his new job as a supervisor in a boys boarding school, Clément Mathieu finds that the children are ruled by a policy of ‘Action – Reaction’ by Principle Rachin. This leads the boys to be rebellious, mischievous and unwilling to learn but he thinks that a new method will turn them around. Forming a choir, the boys find a togetherness that they never thought they would ever have, and Clément discover that the power of music can sooth even the most disruptive influence.
Told in flashback as the older Morhange reads from Clément’s diary, the story took us through his time at the school. We are introduced to the tyrannical Principle Rachin played with just the right amount of malice and distance by François Berléand, who is everything a teacher shouldn’t be and sees himself as better than this posting, taking this shortcomings out on the boys. Kad Merad plays the equally disillusioned Chabert, who has lost all faith in the boys and just dishes out the punishment. Then we have the boys. Jean-Baptiste Maunier plays the young Pierre Morhange, one of the boys that has been labelled as a trouble-causer by the principle but has a real talent for music. Maxence Perrin is the young Pépinot, an orphan who refuses to belief that his father is dead and waits by the school gate every Saturday on visiting day. Finally we have Clément himself, played wonderfully by Gérard Jugnot, whose passion for music is re-ignited by the enthusiasm and commitment of the boys. This is a leading role played by a non-conventional actor, but this only increases the believability and your wiliness get behind the character and what he is trying to do for the children.
I like this show very much, even one of my friends who dislikes musical found this movie very interesting and touching. Although the plot maybe sounds alike to most of the 'teachers' movie', but I'm a fan of this kind of movies. I'll grade this movie as a not-to-be-missed classic.
The Chorus Cast:Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Jacques Perrin, Kad Merad, Marie Bunel, Philippe Du Janerand, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Maxence Perrin, Didier Flamand, Grégory Gatignol, Cyril Bernicot, Carole Weiss, Paul Chariéras, Thomas Blumenthal.
Director:
Christophe Barratier
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