What age rating is The Chorus?

In Spain, The Chorus is rated suitable for all audiences.

When does The Chorus come out in Spain?

The Chorus opens in Spanish theaters on December 3, 2004.

How much did The Chorus gross?

The Chorus grossed $83.6M worldwide on a budget of $5.3M.

What is The Chorus based on?

The Chorus is based on A Cage of Nightingales.

Where was The Chorus filmed?

The Chorus was filmed at Château de Ravel, Courpière, Chauriat, and Manglieu.

The Chorus

Name: The Chorus
Director: Christophe Barratier
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Released: 2004-03-17
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Marie Bunel

2004

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7.7/10

Release Date

17/03/2004

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes

68%

🎬 Internet Movie Database

79%

Ⓜ️ Metacritic

56%

Action, reaction.

In 1948, unemployed music teacher Clément Mathieu takes a job as a supervisor at a reform school for young offenders. He encounters a harsh disciplinary regime imposed by the headmaster, which clashes with his ideas about teaching. The students live under constant control and trust no adult. Mathieu must decide how to act with this group of boys and what he can do with his musical training in such a place. The film is directed by Christophe Barratier and stars Gérard Jugnot. In 2004, orchestra conductor Pierre Morhange learns of his mother's death just before a concert in the United States. He returns to France for the funeral, where an old friend, Pépinot, visits him with a diary that belonged to his former teacher, Clément Mathieu.

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Facts about The Chorus

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone

Recommended ageSuitable for all audiences

Spain releaseDecember 3, 2004

Worldwide premiereMarch 17, 2004

Runtime1 h 33 min

Original languageFrench

Original titleLes Choristes

CountriesFrance, Switzerland

Production companiesGalatée Films, Pathé Renn Productions, Vega Film

Budget$5.3M

Worldwide box office$83.6M

Return on investmentx15.8 Box office hit

Based onA Cage of Nightingales

Trailer views560K

More ratings

4.0/5Letterboxd83/100Trakt7.6/10Metacritic (público)2.5/4Roger Ebert

Awards for The Chorus

1total awards

5total nominations

Oscars 2 nom.

Awards won

2004European Film Award for Best Composer · Bruno Coulais

Nominations

2005Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
2005International Submission to the Academy Awards
2004European Film Award for Best Film
2004European Film Award for Best Actor
2004European Film Award for Best Composer

The Chorus Cast

Gérard JugnotClément Mathieu

François BerléandRachin

Kad MeradChabert

Jean-Paul BonnaireFather Maxence

Marie BunelViolette Morhange

Jean-Baptiste MaunierPierre Morhange

Maxence PerrinPépinot

Grégory GatignolPascal Mondain

Thomas BlumenthalCorbin

Cyril BernicotLe Querrec

Philippe du JanerandMr. Langlois

Carole WeissCountess

Erick DesmarestzDoctor Dervaux

Didier FlamandPépinot adult

Jacques PerrinPierre Morhange adult

Simon FargeotBoniface

Théodule Carré-CassaigneLeclerc

Armen GodelDoctor

Steve GadlerPierre Morhange's Assistant

Paul ChariérasRégent

Monique DitisheimMother Marie

Fabrice DubussetCarpentier

Marielle CoubaillonMrs. Rachin

Violette BarratierRachin's daughter

Christophe BorieChild

Cast of The Chorus by the numbers

32average cast age in years

1years of age gap between the leads

20%women in the cast

27%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Maxence Perrin, age 9 at release. The oldest: Jean-Paul Bonnaire, at 61.

Cast ages at release

Gérard Jugnot53 years old
François Berléand52 years old
Kad Merad40 years old
Jean-Paul Bonnaire61 years old
Marie Bunel43 years old
Jean-Baptiste Maunier13 years old
Maxence Perrin9 years old
Grégory Gatignol16 years old
Thomas Blumenthal19 years old
Cyril Bernicot16 years old

Crew

AddressChristophe Barratier
WritingPhilippe Lopes-Curval, Christophe Barratier
MusicChristophe Barratier, Bruno Coulais
PhotographyDominique Gentil, Carlo Varini, Jean-Jacques Bouhon
EditingYves Deschamps
Production designFrançois Chauvaud
Costume designFrançoise Guégan
CastingSylvie Brocheré, Agathe Hassenforder
ProductionArthur Cohn, Nicolas Mauvernay, Jacques Perrin

Trivia about The Chorus

To find the boys for the boarding school, casting director Sylvie Brocheré visited schools in Clermont-Ferrand, looking for children between six and fifteen years old, and more than 2000 auditions were held before the roles were cast.

Although the opening was shot in summer, the story takes place in winter, so the crew used foam and salt as artificial snow at the Château de Ravel and removed the green leaves.

The role of young Pierre Morhange went to twelve-year-old Jean-Baptiste Maunier, who sang with Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc.

The film grossed 83,580,890 dollars worldwide, of which 48,765,590 came from France, its country of origin.

The soundtrack topped the album chart in France for 11 weeks and reached number three in Belgium before its release in the United States.

In 2017, Christophe Barratier adapted the film into a musical for the Folies Bergère in Paris.

"The Chorus" received eight nominations at the 2005 César Awards and won for Best Music and Best Sound; it was also nominated for two Academy Awards.

Gérard Jugnot mortgaged his Paris apartment to help finance the film and, after its success, reportedly earned more than five million euros as an actor and co-producer.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)