Director: Christophe Barratier Writer: Christophe Barratier, Philippe Lopes-Curval Starring: Gerard Jugnot, Francois Berleand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Jacques Perrin Released: January 20, 2005 Rating: Runtime: 97 minutes Websites: Story: In postwar France of 1949, teacher Clement Mathieu is sent to a rural boys boarding school, where most of the pupils are orphans or illegitimate or abandoned - and harshly treated by headmaster Rachin. It is funded by wealthy benefactors who imagine it as a haven, but is in fact run with punishment as the natural order of things. Mathieu brings with him an altogether different approach, and he gradually wins the trust of the rowdy boys, finally setting up a choir which his sublimated musical skills turn into a fine group. Rachin claims the credit, but Mathieu wins the hearts. Among the boys is one especially gifted natural musician, Morhange, and Mathieu urges his single mother, Violette to send him to music school. Cast: Gerard Jugnot Clement Mathieu Francois Berleand Rachin Kad Merad Chabert Jean-Paul Bonnaire Old Maxence Marie Bunel Violette Morhange Jacques Perrin Adult Pierre Morhange Didier Flamand Adult Pepinot Paul Charieras Regent Carole Weiss The Countess Philippe Du Janerand Monsieur Langlois Erick Desmarestz Doctor Dervaux Jean-Baptiste Maunier Pierre Morhange Maxence Perrin Pepinot Thomas Blumenthal Corbin Cyril Bernicot Le Querrec