page_title: The Chorus (2004 film)
section_title: Development
hierarchical_section_title: The Chorus (2004 film) / Production / Development
caption_attribution_description: English: Christophe Barratier photographed by Studio Harcourt Paris Français&#160;: Christophe Barratier photographié par Studio Harcourt Paris
context_page_description: The Chorus is a 2004 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of Nightingales. The story is inspired by the origin of the boys' choir The Little Singers of Paris. The original French title translates as "The Choristers" or "The Choirboys", not "The Chorus".
  At the 77th Academy Awards, The Chorus was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Song. It did not win either award.
context_section_description: After making the short film Les Tombales, director Christophe Barratier was looking for a subject for his first feature film. He noticed that many of his ideas were linked to his childhood, and the emotions he felt between the ages of four and eight. Coming from a musical background, he also wanted to tell a story linked to music. The themes of childhood and music made him think of the film La Cage aux rossignols, which he had seen on television at a young age and which "touched [him] profoundly". Barratier told his idea to Gérard Jugnot, whom he had known for quite a long time and with whom he shared a taste for old French cinema and actors such as Noël-Noël; Jugnot liked it but thought that the film would have to be set in the past, otherwise his character would be transformed into someone who "teaches rapping in the suburbs". Barratier said he did not think about setting the film in the present time because "Clément Mathieu [would have] other priorities, he would have nothing in common with a 1950s music teacher". Barratier then began writing the script; Jugnot said that the first version somewhat "lacked roughness", and co-writer Philippe Lopes-Curval got involved. He collaborated with Barratier to strengthen the story and develop the psychology of characters such as Rachin—for whom the children are "the symbol of a failed professional life"—and Chabert.
caption: The Chorus was director Christophe Barratier's first feature film.
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