| Directed by |
Christophe Barratier |
| Screenplay by |
Christophe Barratier |
| Cinematography |
Carlo Varini |
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Dominique Gentil |
| Sound |
Daniel Sobrino |
| |
Nicolas Cantin |
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Nicolas Naegelen |
| Music |
Bruno Coulais |
| Production design |
Francois Chauvaud |
| Costume design |
Francoise Gueguan |
| Editing |
Yves Deschamps |
| Cast |
Gerard Jugnot |
| |
Francois Berleand |
| |
Kad Merad |
| |
Jean-Baptiste Maunier |
In 1949 France is still traumatised by the shock of the recent war. Young boys with behavioural problems, some of them orphans, are sent to a harshly-run boarding school, Le Fond de l’Etang, where they are entrusted to the care of a sadistic principal. However, despite his repressive educational régime, Mr Rachin is barely able to keep in check the difficult pupils, who play every trick in the book while trying to evade solitary confinement and other punishments.
When Clement Mathieu, an unemployed professional musician, is appointed supervisor in the school, the whole life of the establishment is overturned. Determined to bring something positive into the students’ lives through music, Mathieu starts a choir and as he introduces the boys to the magic of singing, they are transformed. Nothing will ever be the same again.
1949, la France est encore traumatisée par le choc de la guerre. Des mineurs difficiles, parfois orphelins, croupissent au fond d’une pension, Le Fond de l’Etang, confié à un directeur sadique. Mais, bien que particulièrement répressif, le système d’éducation du directeur Rachin peine à maintenir l’autorité sur des élèves difficiles qui font les 400 coups, en essayant d’échapper au cachot et aux punitions.
Lorsque Clément Mathieu, professeur de musique sans emploi, est nommé surveillant dans l’internat, c’est toute la vie de l’établissement qui s’en trouve bouleversée... Il crée une chorale et en familiarisant les pensionnaires à la magie du chant, Mathieu va transformer leur vie... Dès lors, plus rien ne sera comme avant.
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