‘The chorus’ is a wonderfully impacting film. This is an extraordinarily beautiful, sweet, and heartwarming film. Whoever will watch this film will feel their heartstrings being pulled by the joy, sorrow, and tragedies that are condensed within the angelic choir boys songs. In this movie, the director Christophe Barratier has shown off his superb cinematography skills. By choosing his actors, Barratier has successfully captured the raw emotions through his actors, the fantastic lighting techniques, and the production of such a heart-wrenching story.
‘The Chorus’ is a charming story of hope infused with so much optimism and nostalgia. It is genuinely heartwarming and truly inspiring. This movie is a humble testament to celebrate innocence and beauty of childhood and hope. In the movie the actual chorus of young children they used, sang like angels. This little film gives hope to children who are engaged in the arts in some form, and who have struggled to overcome, or at least survive, the damage of earlier years of neglect. It made tears come to my eyes.
As well as the superb acting, Christophe Barratier has also shown his mastery over lighting and cinematography. His contrast from the lighting differentiates depending on the over-all mood or atmosphere of the scene. The dark atmosphere is matched perfectly with the dank, dirty little rooms and prisons within the orphanage, while the lighthearted tones are set outside in the bright cheerful morning air. The emotions and actions of the movie are enhanced as well by the wonderful background music and orchestra. From soft soprano flutes to miraculous background choruses, these music numbers set the entire mood for the movie and create a sense of interest in the certain scene occurring at the time.
Finally, one of the most noteworthy and memorable aspects of this movie is the production of such a hopeful yet heart-wrenching plot. In this movie, Christophe Barratier has created a world set in the present where two elderly men are reminiscing about their childhood, yet the actual movie occurs in the past of the French countryside during the early 1900’s. The story of a failed musician converting a group of difficult children into a choir isn’t something a normal audience would think of first when looking for such a profound movie, but Christophe Barratier pulls it off in this movie with a plot that is simply touching. Despite all the children are not professional actors, they add a sense of realism and sincerity to this film that truly captures the essence of the wayward, troubled child within this French correction center for the juvenile orphans. The pain, joy, sadness, and mischievousness that these young and inexperienced, or, older and experienced, actors portray in this movie appear to be very profound and real, thus earning a realistic aspect in which the audience can relate whole hearted to the characters, despite probably never being in their situation before.
In short, the movie ‘The chorus’, by Christophe Barratier, was a wonderful film that was both inspiring and heartfelt. The screenplay, cinematography, acting, and overall plot of this film were amazing and memorable. Audiences will be able to relate to this movie, because the actors were so sincere in their acting and wonderfully portrayed to be real human beings with real faults that we can all relate to in one way or another. The raw emotions and lighting within this movie blended and complemented each other wonderfully, brought a sense of sorrow or joy on and off during the film. The plot was simply magnificent and so realistic that I could image this movie as partially being a part of French history that was kept locked away in that old dusty journal at the beginning of the film. To be simple, short, and sweet, ‘The Choir’ deserves five stars and nothing less, nothing more.
Actually it was was so good that I wouldn’t mind watching again…or maybe twice more…three times?
