Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.Pierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 12 wins & 24 nominations total
- Director
- Writers
- Georges Chaperot(1945 story "La Cage aux rossignols")
- René Wheeler(1945 story "La Cage aux rossignols") (1945 screenplay "La Cage aux rossignols")
- Noël-Noël(1945 screenplay "La Cage aux rossignols")
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Did you know
- TriviaActor, co-producer Gérard Jugnot mortgaged his Paris apartment to help finance the film. The bet paid off, and he ended up making over 5 million euros for 'Les Choristes' as actor and co-producer. He earned the title of the highest-paid French actor in 2004, overtaking Jean Reno and Gérard Depardieu.
- GoofsDuring the auditions, Mathieu sends pupils to the right or to the left showing the direction by his hand. When directing Ricoeur, who sings "I've got tobacco in my pouch", to the left (at 33:06 to 33:07) he first moves his hand to his right, which some cite as an error while others cite it as a flourish, but then sweeps or hooks his hand left.
- Quotes
Pierre Morhange adulte: Pepinot was right all along. Clement Mathieu was fired on a Saturday.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Interdit aux plus de 13 ans (2004)
- SoundtracksLes Choristes
Lyrics By Christophe Barratier
Music By Bruno Coulais
Orchestra: Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra-Sif 309, Conductor Deyan Pavlov'
© 2004 Warner Bros. Records,WEA Music (p) 2004 Galatée Films
Featured review
A delicious movie It's just beautiful..
A delicious movie. Something wonderful is going to happen and I am not talking just about the characters of the movie but the spectators. It's so moving and at the same time it is not a sentimental one. The freedom, the excitement, the amazing charm of discovering the life through the music... I don't know French and I can say that the soundtrack is so international that you don't need to understand the words to feel its power, to receive the message...
Very often people agree or disagree with their opinions about a film... I watched the movie with a representative number of persons and all of them found the movie very recommendable and beautiful.
All of us were children and the magic of that unforgettable period of our lives is reflected in this great film.
8 out of 10...
Very often people agree or disagree with their opinions about a film... I watched the movie with a representative number of persons and all of them found the movie very recommendable and beautiful.
All of us were children and the magic of that unforgettable period of our lives is reflected in this great film.
8 out of 10...
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- Jan 1, 2005
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- The Chorus
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- €5,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,635,164
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,355
- Jan 16, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $88,385,944
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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