2004 · drama · comedy · music
The Chorus
Directed by Christophe Barratier1h 37m2004
In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
Our read: The Chorus (2004) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded drama · comedy · music entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- tender
- funny
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