The Great Movie Review: The Chorus

Wow, what a film. This is a truely inspirational story about a teacher and his students. And dudes, who are turned off by the word inspiration, I don't mean sappy and emotional; I do mean spurring and motivating.

Monsieur Mathieu arrives as a new prefect at a boarding school for troubled boys located in the French countryside. Although he does find the boys an unruly lot, Mathieu does not believe in the tactics of the strict headmaster. Mathieu tries to reach his boys and build trust and true order through music.

This film is excellent. With great storytelling and interesting characters, this film really captures its viewer into wanting to fight for these kids. Most of them are punks struggling to conceal their true reasons for being punks. And the rest just have no hope. Each one has their own issues, and the main character comes alongside each one and confronts them in love. What a perfect picture of a mentor!

And its pretty too! It feels like the film literally gets more colorful as time progresses. And come on; It's France. Who doesn't love the French countryside?

For me personally, this movie sticks out. I really identify with the character Mathieu. His desire to be excellent and to upset the status quo when necessary match my own. He looks at each of his students with love and individuality and desires the best out of them. Yes!

While this film did not win an Oscar, It was nominated for a couple. So do yourself a favor and check this one out.

Thank you to Jenny for picking this one! I feel that I am better for having seen it!

This will begin our theme of Foreign Language Films.