A scene from The Chorus. [Photo/Mtime]

The Chorus (2004)
《放牛班的春天》（2004）

Director: Christophe Barratier
導演：克里斯托夫?巴拉蒂

Country: France
國家：法國

Storyline:
劇情簡介

Former music teacher Clément Mathieu arrives at "Fond de l'Etang" (Bottom of the Well), a boarding school for orphans and problem boys, to work as an inspector on Jan 15, 1949. The school is managed with an iron fist by the cruel director Rachin, who severely punishes the boys for any wrongdoing. Mathieu decides to teach the boys to sing in a choir in their spare time, through which he discovers the musical talents of the rebel Pierre Morhange, the son of a beautiful single mother, who Mathieu later develops feelings. He also develops a special bond with the young Pépinot, a boy who waits for his father's visit every Saturday near the gate, not knowing that his parents were lost in the war. Mathieu changes the lives of the boys, the employees at the boarding school and his own.
1949年1月15日，曾經身為音樂老師的克萊蒙特?馬修來到寄宿學校“池塘底教養院”當督察員，這里的學生都是孤兒或問題兒童。這所學校的校長拉齊冷酷無情，管理嚴苛，孩子們做錯任何事都會受到嚴厲的處罰。馬修決定在孩子們的業余時間教他們合唱，在教授過程中他發現叛逆的皮埃爾?莫朗格非常有音樂天賦。皮埃爾的母親是一個漂亮的單親媽媽，馬修后來對她產生了愛意。他還與佩皮諾建立了一種特殊的情感。這個小男孩不知道他的父母已經在戰爭中喪生，每個星期六都會在大門口等他爸爸來看他。馬修改變了孩子們的生活，也改變了學校員工和他自己的生活。