AB called me up on a Sunday morning just to ask me whether i'd like to watch this movie or not. He insisted, saying that i will, for sure, love the movie. maybe, he turned out right.It's a 2004 French movie directed by Christophe Barratier. The movie was said (in IMDb) to win many awards and recognitions all around the world. Suprisingly, our neighbour Singapore screened the movie. and as you've guessed it, we don't. Les Choristes, literrally Chorists or the Choir, is kind of dramatic, and as the name suggests, it's full with music - we're talking the beautiful ones.
Set in the post-war France, a once music composer is sent to be a prefect in a boys' boarding school. Unknown to him was the boys are egregiously naughty. The principal basically had done nothing right to control the situation, leading to severe punishments towards to boys, at many times cruel and unfair. Seeing this, the new prefect, Clement Mathieu (Gerard Jugnot) tried to reach the boys and helped to change the style of teaching them at the school (being Action, Reaction at the time) by teaching them music and in the end, established a very well conducted choir group.
The movie mixed all feelings, really. Emotions are stirred and blended well, especially of the boys'. Dramatic as it sounds, Les Choristes is captivating enough to keep me from taking a shower. At the ending i felt really touched doh! (and smelly). The boys' lifes, particularly Morange, the angel-faced who was initially problematic, but discovered to has a very beautiful voice; Pepinot, the littlest of them all, Boniface...and others (x igt) could drive u nuts, maybe disgusted, maybe laughter, maybe tears or maybe just a sole tone of reflection of ourselves.
With many plots alluring and many of the characters spellbinding, the movie should be a must-see. Next in line, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain (The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain), starring Audrey Tautou, Tom Hanks' co-star in the Da Vinci Code. bad news is, no subtitles! damn it!
A clean 4 over 5 for the movie.
Top soundtracks; La Nuit, Vois sur ton chemin, Les Choristes.
Les Choristes at IMDb
4 comments:
u could somehow be a movie critic u knw.. ngehngeh. ouh, i should watch it ;p
ngeh ngeh ngeh.... do you mind bolding my name??? biar nampak lebih power sket name AB tu!!! kah kah kah.... ;p
hahaa yelah u syaza. yelahhh tu abbb haha
but syaza you should watch it! plus w/ ur madmoisselle status rite now, you might luv it. its in ur 3rd language anyway. kehkeh
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