Les Choristes

When AJ was out of town, I watched The Chorus, a French film. It is the story of a dreary and hard-edged school full of trouble-making boys who have been ejected from other educational venues. It seemed to be a school of last resort for them. A failed musician comes as a new teacher and seeks to impose discipline and respect without the cruelty of the other staff, but without success. He finally decides to teach them to sing in a chorus. One of the biggest problem students is Pierre Morhange, but it turns out that he has an amazing musical gift.

It is a charming movie--Pierre's voice is angelic and I was emotionally moved by listening to him and the chorus of boys.