2015 · music · drama
Boychoir
Directed by François Girard1h 43m2015
A troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school after the death of his single mother. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who recognises a unique talent in this young boy as he pushes him to discover his creative heart and soul in music.
Our read: Boychoir (2015) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded music · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle music / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
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