Triple A Movie Review: The Chorus (2004), Wonderful French Movie with Full of Music

The film "The Chorus" is an excellent work directed by the famous director Christophe Barratier in 2004. The film attracts attention in the film industry with its rich musical elements and excellent shooting techniques. Received a lot of praise with its excellent quality, it was nominated for the best foreign language film of the 77th Academy Awards. The story told in this film took place in a male boarding school in the French countryside in 1949. Most of the students here are naughty children. They think of all the ways that can be figured out against teachers, against schools, and against education. The principal used the cruel and high-pressure means to control the children in this class. Each teacher instinctively learned the fierce "means" to deal with emergencies quickly. Therefore, this school is also known as a group of naughty students. It was at this time that an unemployed music teacher, Clement, came to the school.

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As soon as he entered the school, he entered the hell of a child. He was deeply surprised by the experience of the former superintendent who escaped. He witnessed the severe punishments, the cruelty of the principal, the coldness of other teachers, the lawlessness and helplessness of the children, which led him to change the school. In the end, under the efforts of Clement, most teachers gave up the punishment of violence and began to understand the true meaning of education. “The Chorus” is a work that combines music and stories and has a wide range of influence. In the film, the soundtrack master Bruno Coulais and the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra combine the beautiful and romantic piano with the harmonious symphony to combine the true expression of children in the film with the soulful chorus, bringing the warmth of the film music to the soul of the child.

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After the film was released, its original soundtrack was very popular among the French public. It won several awards in French music and American music. The film not only left a profound and beautiful music memory for moviegoers around the world. It also injected a new perspective into the film. There is no big war scene, no violence and no sexuality in this movie. “The Chorus” is deeply attracted to the audience with its unique French aesthetics and pure children's chorus. The film uses a silent and delicate technique to create a seemingly ordinary educational story. For the audience, this movie is a very different French image. The director uses a good film language to let the audience be psychologically baptized in a state of natural relaxation. The film clearly reveals the difference between the school administrators led by the principal and the new superintendent Clement. This different behavior always reflects different educational concepts, leading to different outcomes and thus more intriguing.

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Although the overall scene of the film has certain limitations, it tells a realistic educational story in school. The director makes the film have a distinct personality, exciting storylines and conflicts, and detailed character portrayals. As well as rich lens expressions, the actors' performances form a powerful immersive atmosphere, which makes it easy for the audience to indulge in the context of film creation and bring out the beauty and profound theme of the film. Throughout the film, "The Chorus", a film full of human care and beautiful music, which combines the deep and sincere chorus of the children, not only touches the hearts of the audience around the world, but also injects new thoughts into the film. Through the successful intervention of music, this film broke the rigid impression of French film as a dull art film, and changed the imagination of French film type. To some extent, it shows a new direction of French film with far-reaching meaning and value. It can be said that the film is a very inspiring work in the history of French cinema.

Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/5528-les-choristes?language=en-US
Critic: AAA
영화: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/5528-les-choristes?language=ko-KR
별점: AAA