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I know by now
you’re probably sick of all the kiddie movies invading the screens
now, released just in time for all the brats invading our beloved
malls. But please allow me to humbly suggest yet another kiddie
film, but with a classical music angle of course!
By now, you’ll probably have heard all the
raves about this French film, about how it broke all box office
records in France and is a contender for an Oscar Best Foreign Film
nomination. After watching it. I have to say that it is a lovely
film. It is about a dedicated school teacher, who after failing as a
composer, checks into a boarding school of bratty delinquents and
against all odds transforms these kids through the power of music.
Sounds trite? It does. But as opera satirist
Anna Russell once observed, “even the most ludicrous…plots are fine
as long as you sing it.” And the singing here is simply fabulous!
Even the most cynical person (like me) will hang-up their neuroses
when he hears the lovely music that comes with it. Listening to the
original music choral composed by Bruno Coulais, you will need a
heart of stone not to be taken away by the singing of the kids,
especially the handsome solo boy soprano Jean-Baptiste Maunier. The
Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra also plays accompanist and provides the
lovely soundtrack music.
If you are already a classical music lover, or
interested to learn, if you want to introduce classical music to a
kid (there’s a little swearing but hey, its in French), or if you’re
simply looking for a good movie to watch, please… give the
mega-budgeted corporate products a miss just this once, and catch
this delightful foreign film before it ends its run!
You can find more information, and hear clips
of the music, at
www.leschoristes-lefilm.com/.
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Readers' Comments
From: juliette (info@m2photo.ca / Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 20:27:25)
you specqentich boy
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Recommendation: Les Choriste
